Taipei's Bopiliao Historic District in the Wanhua District, is the oldest part of Taipei, originating during the Ching Dynasty. It was once Taipei’s commercial hub. Many of the buildings date from the Japanese colonial period…
Read moreby Christian George Acevedo Aswang is an umbrella term for different shape-shifting, flesh eating evil creatures in Filipino folklore. Of all the provinces in the Philippines, the aswang stigma has terribly lashed nowhere else …
Read moreby Christian George F. Acevedo I traveled to Taiwan where I uncovered the island’s cultural treasures. Join me as I go on a heritage walk in Taipei... Taiwan was my first international travel destination since the COVID restric…
Read moreby Capisnon.com Christian George F. Acevedo and Kin Sabala claimed the top honors in the 2024 Peter Solis Nery Prize for Adapted Story. Acevedo, who hails from Roxas City, took the first prize with his piece “Lin-ay: The First …
Read moreby Capisnon.com Last November 9, 2024, the Capiz Cacao Producers’ Cooperative launched Conlu Cacao, the first -ever FDA-approved, Capisnon crafted chocolate brand. The formal launching was attended by provincial leaders and indu…
Read moreThe St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish Church was built in 1606 and is one of the oldest surviving churches in the Philippines, originally built during the Spanish period. The church has recently gained international prominence …
Read moreHere's a colorized photo of the old Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Capiz (now Roxas City), Capiz before World War II. Photo from Philippines Magazine, Volume 1, no. 2 - February 1941. The church, constructed in 1870s, wa…
Read moreMy grandmother, Lilian Yncong Lopez Acevedo. Here's a colorized version of her photograph, originally taken in 1949, when she was 20. Had she been alive today, she could have been 94. She told me a lot of stories when she wa…
Read moreBy Christian George Acevedo Ten years ago.... I woke up with an unexplainable sense of anxiety. My grandfather was terribly ill. Just two nights before that, he was discharged from the hospital after his health condition worsened…
Read moreby Christian George Acevedo Our last stop for this year’s cemetery tour is the Masonic Cemetery. Our street is just beside this cemetery, so our place is more popularly known as Mason, rather than its official name of Sitio Carme…
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