Category Archives: Travel

February 19, 2015
5:39 PM
by: Dolly Dy-Zulueta

A Festive Welcome
for the Year of the Wood Sheep

ALL roads led to Chinatown in Binondo, Manila, for the Chinese New Year. As it is when the world welcomes the New Year in the Western calendar, Chinese communities all over the world gathered together to usher in the Year … Continue reading →

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January 31, 2015
8:07 AM
by: Dolly Dy-Zulueta

Malolos, Bulacan Celebrates
The First Philippine Republic

MALOLOS, Bulacan, successfully commemorated the 116th anniversary of the First Philippine Republic via its historic festival, Fiesta Republica, last January 17 to 23, 2015. If you recall learning this from your History class, it was at the Barasoain Church in … Continue reading →

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January 9, 2015
5:13 PM
by: Dolly Dy-Zulueta

Thick Crowds Gather in Quiapo
for the Feast of the Black Nazarene

  (Photos by Rafael R. Zulueta) THE first time I ever took part in the Feast of the Black Nazarene, which takes place in the district of Quiapo, Manila, every January 9, was years ago, when Tita Chona Trinidad, a … Continue reading →

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December 29, 2014
12:28 PM
by: Dolly Dy-Zulueta

Traders Hotel Is Now Hotel Jen

YES, if you’ve noticed that Traders Hotel Manila along Roxas Boulevard near corner Vito Cruz in the City of Manila has taken its red-and-black logo down and the black-and-white logo of Hotel Jen has taken its place, Traders Hotel is … Continue reading →

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December 22, 2014
4:29 PM
by: Dolly Dy-Zulueta

Parols Using Recycled Materials
Star in ‘Pistang Pasko ng Malolos’

PAROLS, also known as Christmas lanterns in the shape of a star, are one of the most enduring symbols of Christmas. It represents the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the Three Wise Men and the shepherds to the manger where … Continue reading →

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