Found in Lipa, Batangas, Esguerra Farms & Stud. Inc. is a private vacation house that evolved into a thriving farm enterprise and “birthplace of some of the country’s premier race horses.” It is owned by Herminio “Hermie” Esguerra, a race horse owner and breeder who was...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and former Rep. Neri Colmenares on Saturday, August 21 urged the Commission on Audit and the Office of the Ombudsman to follow the money trail in the form of the tens of billions of pesos in government savings. Money Zarate and...
The modified tariff rates on imported pork products and rice have resulted in foregone revenues for the government, but the Department of Finance (DOF) said the economic benefits far outweigh the costs. Peso Finance Undersecretary Antonette C. Tionko said the government is projected to lose P5.4...
How this chef has been spending his days on lockdown SO GLAD SALAD Salade trios et Demi and garlic bread “Prison” at home has been fun. Although there are no new food discoveries, I made it my mission to treat my kids to a restaurant level meal every dinner. I enjoy surprising them with...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Friday, August 13 called on the Department of Agriculture to take seriously reports that a large number of hog raisers have decided to stop repopulating. Hogs pigs Nograles said the DA must study ways to support the ailing industry of hog raisers that has...
A member of the House of Representatives on Thursday, August 12, chided the Department of Agriculture for supposedly favoring imported pork products sold in supermarkets over local produce. Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of the DA) Gabriela Women's Party...
Amid efforts to augment the supply of meat in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) responded favorably to the call of importers, composed of meat processors and traders, to temporarily extend the validity of their import permit for pork, chicken, and other meat products. PIXABAY/ MANILA...
Lemon lime pie We’re all back in ECQ. No place to go and nowhere to dine in. It makes me wonder how establishments will survive this. We hear of various struggles in businesses, decisions having to be made in Metro Manila and the provinces whether to take a chance and stay open or just cut losses...
Officials on Tuesday, August 10, expressed confidence that prices of pork will stabilize after the government allowed more imports into the Philippines. (Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) During the sixth inquiry of the House of Representatives on the spike in the prices of goods,...
Senator Francis Pangilinan on Sunday, July 18 expressed dismay that pork prices remain high despite the lower tariff on imports, saying the government should restore to its original 20 to 30 percent levels to help hog raisers recover from the African swine fever. “It’s been three months since...
Chef Don Patrick Baldosano of Linamnam dreams up what we served to the travel-weary, starving Europeans in 1521 Images JULES VIVAS LIKE HOMONHON A special hut of palm and banana leaves set up in the al fresco area for the the first half of the dinner reimagining the arrival of Magellan's expedition...
The Department of Finance (DOF) expects the elevated rate of increase in food prices would peak this month due to rising volume of meat imports that boosted domestic supply. In a statement on Wednesday, July 14, Finance Undersecretary and Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said that food price...
