What’s wrong with an ethnic Chinese boy spending his happy childhood in Manila’s biggest and poorest district – the ancient, vibrant, sprawling and proletarian Tondo? A few days before the Chinese ...

“Masarap mabuhay sa Tondo,” Police Chief Inspector Rosalino “Jhun” Ibay Jr. mused as he surveyed the city. For most, this old Manila district is the grittiest area in the city, perhaps even the metro.

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Historically, the district of Tondo was best known for being a community of hope, a settlement that bore prominent people, and where events had shaped Manila and the history of the Philippines. Even ...

Bathed in a neon pink glow, the pillbox building that used to house Oriel in Chinatown was known for being one of the film-noir-iest restaurants in town. Cafe Tondo, the casual CDMX-themed spot that ...

MANILA, Philippines - In his mid-70s, Robert Arevalo has so much to be thankful for while summing up five decades in Philippine cinema. At his age now, he considers himself fortunate to be offered ...

(UPDATE) POPE Leo XIV on Monday declared the Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of Santo Niño de Tondo in Manila a minor basilica. In a statement, the church said it is looking forward to the next chapter ...

Xavier Tondo (Movistar) was at the top of the leader board at the Tour de San Luis with two stages to go but a crash on the way to the stage six finish line cost him 15 minutes and took him out of ...