Museum on world’s oldest Chinatown reopens
After more than a year of inactivity, the Chinatown Museum in Binondo, Manila, officially reopened to the public on July 15 with a special exhibition on prewar Escolta from Sta.
After more than a year of inactivity, the Chinatown Museum in Binondo, Manila, officially reopened to the public on July 15 with a special exhibition on prewar Escolta from Sta.
Standing at the corner of Dasmariñas and Juan Luna streets in Binondo, the China Bank Corp. building has been magnificently restored to its former glory. Built from 1923 to 1924,
I lunched with an old friend last week. I expected to have a fun time catching up with “the latest” about other friends and family. I did not expect a protracted gripe session about rudeness. What triggered it?
Why the title? That question, among a multitude of questions, loomed over “Binondo,” the self-proclaimed Tsinoy musical that trundled back to The Theatre at Solaire last weekend for a four-show rerun—a year after premiering in the same venue, through a production described by reviewer Cora Llamas as “unfocused” and “teleserye-like.”
Maritess Alava Yong was a brave soul known for her philanthropic endeavors. She helped many depressed communities while battling cancer
Of a place like Manila, it can be said that contrasting forces sit side by side in constant opposition: the dark and the divine, our shared traumas and hard-won victories, the past and our present.
Binondo, the Manila district known as a commerce and trade hub since Spanish times, was the go-to place for anything under the sun.
It’s been said that walking the length of Ongpin Street in Binondo—from the Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz to the Sta. Cruz Church—takes just 10 minutes.
A byword when it comes to Chinese cuisine, Lido Cocina Tsina have been ushering us to a journey of palate to Chinese heritage. For 80 years now, we continue to
The Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila and Companion Martyrs will be celebrated by the Catholic Church Sept. 28.
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