Mandaue attack: ’10 men’ stab, wound Chinese national at establishment’s parking lot

Paul Lauro 02/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Chinese national was wounded after he was stabbed allegedly by at least 10 unidentified men, who were believed to be also allegedly Chinese nationals. This happened inside the parking lot of a…

BBM summons China envoy over rising Chinese actions vs PH coast guard, fishermen

Daphne Galvez 02/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian to express “his serious concern” over the “increasing” actions by China against the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Filipino fishermen. Malacañang said Marcos…

Lawmaker wants Mandarin taught in schools

Jeanette I. Andrade 02/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan wants the Chinese language of Mandarin taught in schools nationwide. “If we are going to continue to rely on the export of labor to help drive our economic growth,…

Pentagon says Chinese spy balloon flying over US

Agence France Presse, Reuters 02/04/2023

WASHINGTON/BEIJING—A Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, US officials said on Thursday, in what would be a brazen act just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing by US…

What can Manila really offer Beijing?

Manuel L. Quezon III - @inquirerdotnet 10/12/2022

Since colonial times, and, who knows, perhaps even before, the history of the Chinese in the Philippines has been one of extortion at the hands of officials. Let us combine this sweeping generalization with another, best expressed…

Invaluable lessons from Hidilyn Diaz’s victory

Solita Collas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 07/31/2021

The most significant event that happened this week, we can all agree, is Hidilyn Diaz’ triumph at the Tokyo Olympics, bringing the Philippines its first gold medal. This shrimp of a lady – all 4 foot, 11…

Illegal online sale of unregistered COVID-19 capsules and test kits uncovered; 100 boxes seized in Barangay Apas raid

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around 100 boxes of capsules believed to be medicines for COVID-19 as well as rapid test kits valued at P200,000 were confiscated from a 25-year-old man during an entrapment operation in San Antonio…

Random Trivia Facts About Chinese New Year

Micah Sophia Marcellones 02/12/2021

As people around the globe start celebrating the 2021 Chinese New Year, here are some interesting facts about this much awaited event.  Chinese New Year is also called the Spring Festival  The celebration marks the beginning of…

I ‘aray’ you

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 02/10/2021

This is an early Valentine’s column because, if you haven’t noticed, I only do my columns once a week now, i.e. no more Friday columns. Growing up Tsinoy (Chinese-Filipino), I would hear the Mandarin “wo ai ni”…

Mass exit of foreign nationals to impact tourism — BI

Inquirer.net 11/23/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Mass departures of foreigners due to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue until the end of the year and will have a major impact on the state of the country’s tourism, the Bureau of Immigration…

The new Chinese migration to the Philippines

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 10/25/2020

The rapid expansion of Philippine offshore gaming operators, better known as Pogos, under the Duterte administration, has brought into the country an unprecedented number of young Chinese workers from mainland China. No other nationality has maintained as…

US charges seven in wide-ranging Chinese hacking effort

Associated Press 09/17/2020

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in a wide-ranging hacking effort that encompassed targets from videogames to pro-democracy activists. Federal prosecutors said the Chinese…

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