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Tsinoys in Zamboanga

The Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza (Royal Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar of Zaragoza or Fort Pilar). Tourists often mistake this as Pilar’s Fort, hence, the moniker Fort Pilar, thinking that Pilar is a woman’s name. “Pilar” actually stands for “pillars” of the fort.

Many Chinese immigrants to the Philippines settle, not just in Manila, but in towns and cities across the country, one of which is Asia’s Latin City: Zamboanga City. In this charming, seaside city of some 800,000 inhabitants, where Chavacano, the Spanish-based Creole language – not Filipino – dominates conversation, Tsinoys live and play as best […]