A triumphant journey of a Filipina The canton of Vaud and Geneva in Switzerland is home to about 5,000 Filipinos, according to the Philippine Permanent Mission in Geneva. That sounds like a big enough market for a ready-to-eat (RTE), home-cooked style Filipino food and beverage (F&B) business....
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng PIlipinas (KMP) refuted presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ promise to bring down rice prices to P20 per kilogram (kg). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Why would we repeat another failure? But then again that pretty much sums up Marcos...
By Jeno Pineda Photos courtesy of Ryan Arbilo If you told Ryan Arbilo 20 years ago that he would become a famous photographer in France, he would have said you were living a fantasy. And if you told him then that he would be an owner of a contemporary gallery in the city of lights, he would have...
Catherine Valdez is no ordinary beauty queen Jennifer Leu-Yong In her early school years, Catherine Valdez runs with the neighborhood boys playing basketball, wearing oversized clothes. “I was called an ugly duckling because I had dark complexion, I am tall, and too thin. I was bullied,” says...
The Philippines has a rich culinary heritage that deserves to be preserved and recognized in the international scene. However, today, many aspects of Filipino cuisine and culture are disappearing and are no longer practiced or consumed. In order to keep them, identifying and understanding food and...
Kay Misis ang hanapbuhay; Si Mister sa bahay In the first and second parts of this article, we examined the socio-economic milieu surrounding the concept of a trailing husband through the perspective of the husband and the wife. In this final piece to our three-part maiden feature for the Global...
In time for Vice President Leni Robredo’s 57th birthday, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) expressed their support to Robredo and her running mate Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan for the upcoming May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan...
Remember the UniTeam-themed sneakers that former senator Bongbong Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte unveiled last month during a campaign sortie in Marikina City? (Screenshot from Krazyklye's Facebook) Krazyklye, also known as The Filipino Picker, managed to get his hands on these red and...
Following Bayan Muna's resolution alleging that the absentee voting in Hong Kong (HK) were “chaotic and disorganized,” Consulate General of the Philippines in HK Consul General Raly L. Tejada denied the claims made by the party-list. (Photo courtesy of Raly Tejada/ Philippine Consulate General...
Many individuals in an agricultural country like the Philippines make a living from agriculture-related enterprises. However, not everyone understands what it takes to run a sustainable food business. Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash. Building a sustainable food brand was covered in the fourth episode...
Kay Misis ang hanapbuhay; Si Mister sa bahay The Filipino family at their home in Switzerland In the first part of this feature, we looked into the personal circumstances and motivations that led a Filipino couple to decide to leave everything behind, move their family abroad, following greener...
Paris-based Filipino Chef Erica Paredes promises to spice up the City of Lights with Reyna Restaurant—a love letter to the women who made a mark in her life. We, Filipinos, certainly do love our beauty queens. From local barangay pageants to the whole of the universe, Filipina women have won and...
