A friend forwarded to me a post from the Pinoy Ako Blog. In “Ako si PAB, eh ano ngayon (I am PAB, so what)?” Maria Josephina Vergina Laurio admitted that she is behind the blog, that she is PAB. I was awed by this brave act. It takes courage to reveal her true identity, knowing […]
Around P2 billion worth of counterfeit goods, including gadgets, soaps and other household items, were seized by the Bureau of Customs from a storage facility in Sta. Cruz, Manila. BOC Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said the goods were found inside three units of Huang Lim Hong Lian Building in Binondo. Fake electronics, cell phone accessories, GoPro […]
A company executive died after falling from the 10th floor of his office building in Pasig City, the police said. Ferdinand Edwin Coseteng’s body was found on the pavement just outside a bank at Tower 3 of Rockwell Business Center on Ortigas Avenue, Barangay Ugong. Coseteng, 54, was brought to The Medical City, where he […]
A Chinese and two Korean men kidnapped in Manila were rescued from a safehouse in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Guiguinto, Bulacan on Oct. 16. Chinese national Liu Xia and Korean nationals Park Pan-ho and Yeum Sun-ki were kidnapped on separate occasions, when they failed to pay back gambling debts. Senior Superintendent Glenn Dumlao, head of the […]
The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God’s Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SMIC-ITCM) applications for the second batch in the Acupuncture Training Program starts in January 2018. Students of the first batch are set to finish the acupuncture training program in December, but those who wish to continue with the […]
Filipinos planning to stay up to 14 days in Taiwan for tourism activities, business, visiting relatives, attending functions or events can enjoy visa-free entry effective Nov. 1 to July 31, 2018, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines announced. TECO said those who intend to stay in Taiwan for more than 14 days […]
The country’s premiere professional ballet and contemporary dance company, Ballet Philippines, recently returned from a performance in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Ballet Philippines’ performance was the main feature of the 15th Asia Arts Festival, hosted by the Ministry of Culture of China and the provincial government of Zhejiang. The much applauded performance included BP classics, […]
Sept. 13 is officially celebrated in Dezhou, Shandong, China to commemorate the 1417 visit of Paduka Batara, the Sultan of Sulu, to Ming Dynasty Emperor Yong Le. This year, a Kaisa delegation joined the festivities marking the 600th anniversary of this historic event. Paduka Batara, sultan of Sulu According to Teresita Ang See’s book, The Ties […]
Though visiting Dezhou City to commemorate the 600th year of Sultan Paduka Batara’s trip to China is the main reason Kaisa made a pilgrimage to China, an extended stay at the Chinese capital to explore its cultural offerings proved irresistible for some. Our motley group consisted of both first-timers and repeat visitors, so coming up […]
Achi was busy chatting on the internet with classmates one long weekend. She was asking her classmates what they put in their booklets. Their homework for the long weekend was to finish reading Adventures of a Child of War by Lin Acacio-Flores published by Anvil. They were supposed to put words they do not understand […]