Selebrasyon ng Chinese New Year, mapayapa — PNP

ni Jasmin Joy Evangelista | February 2, 2022

Naging mapayapa umano ang selebrasyon ng Chinese New Year sa bansa matapos na ipagbawal ang festivities dahil sa banta ng COVID-19, ayon sa Philippine National Police (PNP).

“The Chinese New Year celebration was generally peaceful,” ANI PNP chief PGen. Dionardo Carlos sa isang pahayag.

“No one is exempted from our health protocol. Just like last January 1, we discouraged the gathering of people since the threat of COVID-19 is still everywhere,” dagdag niya.

Ayon kay Carlos, may ilang Chinese temples na sumunod sa kanilang New Year rituals pero hindi binuksan sa publiko.

Hindi rin umano magarbo ang selebrasyon ngayong taon kumpara sa mga nagdaang taon, ““the simple celebration still became meaningful because no untoward incident was recorded nationwide.”

Gayunman, sinabi ng PNP chief na patuloy ang pagmo-monitor ng kapulisan sa public establishments kahit pa ibinaba na sa alert level 2 ang ilang lugar, kabilang ang Metro Manila.

P-Duterte hangad ang magandang kapalaran at katatagan ng mga Pinoy ngayong Year of the Water Tiger

ni Jasmin Joy Evangelista | February 1, 2022

Hangad ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang magandang kapalaran at katatagan ng mga Pilipino ngayong Chinese New Year.

“My warmest greetings to the entire Filipino nation and the Chinese community in the Philippines as we celebrate Chinese New Year. This year of the Water Tiger is hoped to bring us good fortune and renewed strength as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges that have tested our mettle as a nation," pahayag ni Duterte.

"It is my fervent prayer that 2022 will be a better year for all of us, in terms of wealth, health, relationships and progress. Let us continue to demonstrate the ideals of bayanihan and malasakit, especially to those who are most in need," dagdag pa ng pangulo.

Sinabi rin ng pangulo na dapat salubungin ng mga Pilipino ang bagong taon na may pag-asa.

“Let us all look forward to more opportunities for growth and prosperity in the New Year and become instruments of peace, harmony and generosity to all," ani Duterte.

"Mabuhay and Kiong Hee Huat Tsai," dagdag pa niya.

PHLPost maglulunsad ng Year of the Tiger Stamps

ni Jasmin Joy Evangelista | January 31, 2022

Nakatakdang ilunsad ng Philippine Postal Corporation ang commemorative "Year of the Tiger" stamps para sa selebrasyon ng Chinese New Year.

Ayon kay Postmaster General Norman Fulgencio, ang paglo-launch ng commemorative stamps na ito ay isang paraan upang i-celebrate ang Lunar Year, lalo at kanselado ang mga festivities dahil sa COVID-19 pandemic.

"I understand that some of the festivities in Manila were postponed for the second time this year due to the threat of the coronavirus," ani Fulgencio sa isang pahayag.

Ang Chinese New Year ay pumatak sa February 1. Ito ang taon ng water tiger, na siyang ikatlo sa 12 zodiac animal signs ng Chinese lunar calendar.

Pormal na ilo-launch ngayong Lunes ang commemorative stamps sa Pasay City.

Available ang mga stamps, souvenir sheets at ang official first day covers ng "New Year 2022: Year of the Tiger Stamps" simula ngayong araw, January 31, sa Philatelic Counter, Manila Central Post Office sa Liwasang Bonifacio. Para sa mga interesado, maaaring makipag-ugnayan sa PHLPost at i-check ang kanilang Facebook page.