Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, said that his panel is open to increasing excise taxes on 'sin' products and sugary beverages, but not for taxes on junk foods. This, after the Department of Health said that it would push to increase excise...
I’ll have what F. Scott Fitzgerald was having, if it involved copious amounts of champagne A MILLIONAIRE'S DRINK Leonardo de Caprio as Jay Gatsby in the film adaptation of the book The Great Gatsby If life were fiction, I’d want it to be F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby , if only...
PARIS, France -- Nearly half of cancers worldwide can be traced back to a known risk factor, primarily tobacco or alcohol, a huge global study found on Friday, which said that behavioural changes can help reduce the threat of disease. The study -- published in the Lancet and conducted as part of a...
AHMEDABAD, India -- At least 42 people have died and nearly 100 others have been hospitalised in western India after drinking toxic alcohol, police said on Thursday, with authorities ordering a crackdown on bootleggers. A man is shifted on a stretcher upon arriving in an ambulance at the civil...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Z. Duterte, along with ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric G. Yap, has filed House Bill (HB) No. 1753 forbidding access to alcoholic drinks by underage people. The measure, also known as the “Anti-Underage Drinking Act,” bars those under the age of 21...
It’s an unassuming little coffee shop on Legazpi St., Legazpi Village, found at the Windsor Tower, but if word of mouth is anything to go by, the Bad Cafe is anything but what it’s name suggests. Besides, BAD stands for Brian and Diane, the couple who own and run this quaint Tokyo-inspired...
Baron Geisler's wife, Jamie, has come out to share her side of the story relating to a viral video of them fighting. The video, as uploaded on social media by Baron himself, showed Jamie throwing water and ice at him. Many speculated that Baron was imbibing again. Jamie confirmed this in a message...
Janella Salvador opened up a can of worms in a recent interview with Ogie Diaz. She recalled being traumatized by a certain individual whom she shared a romantic past with. The young mother shared, "May trauma siyang nadulot sakin. Na-forgive ko naman na. Ako as a person, mabilis ako mag-forgive....
Most of us would splash alcohol on our hands in an effort to diminish the possibility of viral infection. Not Gretchen Barretto. She imbibes it. To be clear, she doesn't drink ethyl, denatured, isopropyl or rubbing alcohol. Her choice? Gin and tequila. Yup. You read it right....
President Duterte warned typhoon "Odette" victims that their incoming financial aid shouldn't be used on the two things that he loathes--liquor and gambling. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses locals in Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Dec. 23, 2021. (Screenshot from Facebook live) Speaking to typhoon...
The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCHRD) is supporting a study seeking to develop a prediction model to detect the effects of alcohol on human liver and kidneys using animal model. (Photo by DiamondRehab Thailand on...
GOATS AND BEERS Inside Vincent's Place Kambingan This is a reprise of something I wrote in 2015 when for the first time in like two decades, I sat down for an inuman, a drinking session, in which you would sit in one place throughout the night (instead of hobnobbing around, as you would...
