A CULTURAL FEAST This year’s Tabu-an was held at SM City Iloilo Western Visayas has always offered myriad flavors that have left a lasting impact on those fortunate enough to try them. Dishes like chicken inasal, La Paz batchoy, pancit molo, and kadyos baboy langka (KBL) come to mind. Much of...
ILOILO CITY – A student of St. Joseph School Iloilo won two medals in the Asian Science and Mathematics Olympiad for Primary and Secondary Schools in Bali, Indonesia recently. GIHUN Ng Yoo of St. Joseph School Iloilo shows the two medals he won in the Asian Science and Mathematics Olympiad for...
The story of Achilles Capuso and his Talunon, Kuyabog, and Calabasa Dulce de Leche LECHON NGA TALUNON Clockwise from bottom: Pit-roasted wild boar served with lumpia nga ubod sang nyog and liver sauce Iloilo celebrated various milestones in October, the first of which was the launch of Flavors of...
ILOILO CITY – An Ilonggo topped the Physician Licensure Examination given by the Professional Regulation Commission last October. OCTOBER 2022 Physician Licensure Examination topnotcher Justin Adriel Zent Gautier Togonon (left) and No. 5 Mark Arlo Hernandez Segundo. Justin Adriel Zent...
ILOILO CITY—Uswag Ilonggo Party-list has clarified that its first nominee, James ‘Jojo’ Ang Jr., has never been disqualified. “No Comelec resolution was issued, released or promulgated as to the disqualification of Uswag Ilonggo Party-list and its nominees, including Jojo Ang,” said the...
Food artisans from Balasan town, Iloilo province interact with the audience at “Namit”, a culinary showcase at SM City Iloilo in celebration of Filipino Food Month. (Photo courtesy of DOT-6) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism-Reg. 6 launched a three-day event highlighting the Ilonggo and...
The hawkers festival was the closing event for the landmark year 2021, which was capped by the declaration of Iloilo as the ‘Food Haven of the Philippines’ FESTIVE DINING A night at the street food market The pandemic’s second holiday season had a bit of semblance of normalcy as restrictions...
In an archipelagic country, a peoples identity is always regional as geographical boundaries define varied traditions and languages. But artist Kristoffer Brasileño is attempting to deconstruct the identity of the people of the city and province of Iloilo. Kristoffer’s “Ilonggo Republic”...
For hotel general manager Nat Lim, proudly Ilonggo-made fabrics and weaves are everyday uniform for work and play, casual, formal, or professional, in style THE BOSS Nat Lim in a long vest from Abra made by Weave Pilipinas Before Buwan ng Wika draws to a close, not that our celebration of our...
But not all chicken are created equal. For binakol lovers, it has to be Darag, the Philippine native chicken strain indigenous to the Western Visayas By C. Horatius Mosquera NOT TINOLA Chicken Binakol (Photo by Hazel Viz) By all means fowl, it is said that chicken soup is good for the soul. If so,...
For this year’s National Arts Month celebration, Ilonggo artists have collaborated in creating a mural that speaks of realizations since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out early in 2020. In the “We Hide No More” exhibition at SM City Iloilo, Himbon Contemporary Ilonggo Artists group unveiled the...
Riding on tradition, this year’s Tabu-an: Western Visayas Ilonggo Heritage Cooking Competition was as delightful as its past editions Photos by the author WINNER WINNER DUCK DINNER The best main course pato estofado by team four In the Philippines, only a handful of cooking tournaments can match...
