Joining the celebration of the Lunar New Year, President Aquino thanked the Chinese-Filipino community for its vital contributions to the country’s resilient economic growth. The President recognized that Chinese-Filipinos are a “treasured component” of the nation which currently sees an economic resurgence under his watch. “The strong, resilient and vibrant country that we are today is powered by our multifaceted milieu,” the President said in a message on the celebration of the Lunar New Year yesterday, Feb. 8. In Binondo, Manila, police said more than a million people gathered to celebrate New Year’s Eve in one of the oldest Chinatown communities in the world. The center of the celebration was in Ongpin Street where the crowds started to gather in the late afternoon to shop, dine and wait for midnight to welcome the Year of the Fire Monkey with a grand fireworks display. “Let us rejoice in the stable environment [...]
