Three days before the New Year, some Filipinos went to Binondo to buy lucky charms as well as round fruits, whose prices had ...

Binondo in Manila celebrated on February 1 its 430th year making it as the oldest Chinatown in the world. Established in 1594, Binondo has served as the center of Chinese commerce and migration in the ...

Manila City Hall and the Filipino-Chinese business community inaugurated the Jones Bridge Light Show project during a ...

When our office was still in Port Area, we made regular visits to Binondo – for a lunch of maki-mi and xiao long bao at Mezzanine café followed by shopping at Carvajal and Ongpin streets, with a side ...

A bustling trade hub in the 16th century, Binondo today embodies the collision of Chinese, Spanish and Filipino worlds within ...

Chinese traders journeyed across the South China Sea to the Philippines as early as the 9th century. Those who stayed eventually established a small community in the Binondo district of Manila, just ...

MANILA, Philippines — A rising 52-storey tower in the heart of Binondo, the world's oldest Chinatown, will have its full glory in the second quarter of 2027. The residential structure to be called ...

Citing the “massive negative impacts” it will create on the historic districts of Binondo and Intramuros, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (Icomos) Philippines expressed its opposition ...

Until another contender turns up, Binondo holds the title as the “oldest Chinatown in the world.” It could also be the “oldest Chinatown in America” if we reckon from the period when the Philippines ...

Growing up in a Chinese household, the concept of Binondo as a culinary haven was the farthest thing from my mind. Eating dishes like noodles, tofu, dimsum and hopia was the rule rather than the ...

A house in Binondo, Manila, believed to be the birthplace of revolutionary hero General Antonio Luna, is in a sad state. With its galvanized iron roof slowly being eaten away by rust and its capiz ...

Despite the ongoing pandemic, Manila celebrated for four days straight, with festivities including a food festival, a dragon dance display, a solidarity parade, and for the first time, a dragon boat ...