Festive celebrations marked the arrival of the Year of the Snake, as the Chinese-Filipino communities of Manila welcomed the Lunar New Year on Wednesday with cultural events, decorations and public ...

A light and fireworks show in Manila’s Chinatown marked the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year, welcoming the Year of the Snake in the lunar calendar. (Camera: Rolex Dela Peña.) Resources of the ...

celebrating the Chinese New Year with a renewed commitment to the Philippines’ economic and social progress. Under the leadership of philanthropist and industrialist Dr. Cecilio K. Pedro ...

INCENSE STICKS. A worker prepares incense sticks for the celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Snake in Cagayan de Oro, on January 28, 2025. Froilan Gallardo/Rappler From corner stores to ...

MANILA, Philippines — The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) will be deploying 4,904 personnel for the metro’s celebration of the 2025 Chinese New Year. In a statement on Tuesday ...

GMA Network attended the 2025 Chinese New ... Year of the Snake, was organized by the Chinese Embassy together with the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Inc., the ...

Tensions remain high after Chinese jets fired flares at a Philippine aircraft last year. The US reaffirmed its commitment to defending the Philippines ... the region in his new term.

Preparing column topics for the year entails looking over significant ... English translation from the original Chinese by Hirth and Rockhill and I am happy to see that the old text has not just been ...

New US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticised China’s ‘dangerous’ actions towards the Philippines in the South China Sea. Members of the Philippine coastguard stand alert as a Chinese ...

Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year are two terms that often get used interchangeably - but they are not necessarily the same thing. Lunar New Year refers to the celebration of the new year based ...

Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines are among the countries that celebrate the Chinese New Year. These Southeast Asian countries generally have only one to three holiday days.

It’s celebration after celebration. For Filipinos, the Christmas season (and New Year’s Day included) is immediately followed by yet another reason to celebrate. It’s not Valentine’s Day, no. It’s ...