Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin is insisting that kamote or sweet potatoes are the way to go. Garin, in a statement Monday, Nov. 13, says changing consumption...
“Mana, mana” talaga. My mom was a “tsitserya” addict. She had this image of being a gourmet because of television. Funny what an image can do. Little did many people know my mom’s favorite food was corned beef and pork and beans. She also loved eating them straight from the can. She loved...
The Land Transportation Office-National Capital Region-West (LTO-NCR-West) has relaunched its Driver's Education Center (DEC) in a bid to address complaints against the so-called "kamote" riders and other motorists who wittingly and unwittingly violate traffic rules. LTO-NCR-West Director Roque...
One less "kamote rider" on the road. The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has revoked the driver's license of a motorcycle rider who endangered the life of a bicycle rider when he overtook right inside a designated bicycle lane in Quezon City. The worst part of the behavior of Romeo M. Morales,...
The Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) launched Friday, Oct. 15, its enhanced nutribun sweet potato variant in a move to address the increasing incidence of malnutrition in the country. (Screengrab from DOST-FNRI YouTube page) The launch of the...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) will launch on Friday, Oct. 15, another variant of its enhanced nutribun—the kamote (sweet potato) variant. (DOST-FNRI) In an advisory, the DOST-FNRI announced the virtual launch of the newly developed...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) confirmed on Thursday, Sept. 2, that the two riders who were seen doing dangerous motorcycle stunts on a highway in Zambales are policemen assigned in Central Luzon. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said that the two policemen were identified during the...
After that entertaining and dangerous motorcycle stunts, now comes the consequences. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday, Sept. 1, a thorough investigation on the dangerous motorcycle stunts of two alleged policemen in a busy road in...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan There’s a story about Nick Joaquin that’s been going around the creative writing circle for as long as I can remember. It’s said that during a writer’s workshop, the National Artist got so annoyed at a participant's work that he allegedly told the poor workshop...
What's worse than a "kamote" rider? A defiant kamote rider who runs away from enforcers, that's what. MMDA traffic czar Edison "Bong" Nebrija (Photo from Nebrija's Facebook) "It’s becoming very frequent that we are experiencing violators running away from enforcers," Metropolitan Manila...
So-called "Kamote Riders"--riders who have wanton disregard for the law and rules of the road--are quite a common sight on EDSA. But this particular kamote rider did something so egregious that Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija couldn't help but make...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) is eyeing to develop the "third variant" of its enhanced nutribun. Enhanced Nutribun Carrot Variant (Photo from the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute) DOST-FNRI...
