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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Crowds are flocking to Chinatown in the Philippine capital to usher in the Year of the Wood Dragon and experience lively traditional dances on lantern-lit streets with food, lucky charms and prayers for…
My search for hopia and history in Chinatown last weekend required prior research, curiosity, and imagination. I learned, for example, that what we outsiders know as Chinatown is composed of Binondo and San Nicolas—two districts separated by…
Strategically located along the Mactan Channel on Mandaue City’s side, Mandani Bay transformed its internationally acclaimed show gallery into a lively Chinatown on Saturday, February 1, 2020, to welcome the Year of the Metal Rat. Mandani Bay…
With great food, music, and cultural extravaganza, the Chinese New Year celebration continues in Mandani Bay as the growing world-class lifestyle destination showcases its own version of little Chinatown on February 1 at the Mandani Bay Show…
I have always grown up with the notion that there is no Chinatown in Cebu simply because all of Cebu is one big Chinatown. That everywhere you go there is always a “Chinese” presence, whether in residential…
IT’S BEEN a while since the Cebu City Cultural and Historical Commission (CHAC) has had a meeteing, so I called the office and was told that there could well be on Monday, May 7, or next Monday,…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is considering the plan of creating a Chinatown in Cebu City as a business opportunity that will benefit both the Filipino-Chinese community in Cebu. In a press conference, Osmeña said that a…
HAVING an official Chinatown in downtown Cebu City would boost the area’s image as a tourist attraction, stakeholders said. In fact, the Cebu Association of Tour Operation Specialists (CATOS) and its member tour operators have been referring…
AN ARRAY of stalls selling authentic Chinese dumplings such as siomai, packed with bits of shrimp and topped with quail egg, at an affordable price was how Lady Isabelle Perez, 20, imagined if the downtown area…
If your family raised you the way mine did me, for sure you have childhood memories of visiting with them Cebu’s Taoist temple. You remember the mostly red pagoda rising amid the greenery on a hill in…
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