Offhand, the two nearby places that may have connections to the Philippines are the former Portuguese settlements of Malacca and Macao. First on my list is Malacca, a short bus ride from Kuala ...

In Melaka, where history lingers in narrow lanes and ancient buildings, the Praya Lane neighbourhood stands as a reminder of the once-vibrant Portuguese Eurasian, or Kristang, community.

With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, Melaka demonstrates the early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate and the Portuguese and Dutch ...

Her field research has focused primarily on the Malaysian-Portuguese and Straits Chinese communities of Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia, though she has also explored Armenian diasporic communities in ...

In 1511 Portuguese Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque and his team came to Malacca and captured it for its well-known spice trade. Catholic priests landed in Malacca first time in 1511 as military ...

Major Religions: Buddhists 31.1 percent, Christians 18.9 percent, Muslims 15.6 percent, Taoists 8.8 percent and Hindus 5 percent Catholicism in Singapore traces its origin to the ...