New Binondo Chinatown Arch, Manila Founded in 1594 as a Chinese settlement under Spanish rule, Binondo has evolved into a ...

EARLIEST oral traditions suggest that Maynila was founded as a Muslim principality as early as the 1250s. Rajah Sulayman was the chieftain of the polity by the time Spanish conquistadors – led by ...

Nilad Community is offering walking memorial tours, just in time for the Battle of Manila’s 81st anniversary. Here’s what you should know.

MANILA — or Maynilad — is a city named after the nilad plant, a type of water hyacinth that once grew abundantly along the banks of the Pasig River. Long before the Spanish colonizers arrived, it was ...