This Valentine’s season, New World Makati Hotel is rolling out a lineup of romantic experiences designed to make your celebration unforgettable. From cozy staycations and intimate dinners to sweet treats, there’s something for every couple to enjoy. For a romantic escape, the hotel’s...
The Chinese restaurant Jasmine at the New World Makati has some history with my three sons and me. For more years than I’d like to count, it’s been a reliable go-to when we’re thinking dim sum or Cantonese cuisine for a regular Sunday lunch or a special occasion. If you asked us to list our...
Deep-fried crispy enoki and shiitake golden mushrooms Relations between the Philippines and China span over several centuries and have been, for the most part, recent territorial disputes notwithstanding, cordial and warm. Before the Spanish colonization, the existence of various pre-colonial...
For the Year of the Water Rabbit, the hotel’s Chinese restaurant Jasmine brings back its handcrafted tikoys and Chinese New Year hamper Celebrating Chinese New Year has been part of the Filipinos’ yearly traditions. It is a time for families and friends to bond, enjoy good food, and wish...
A taste of amore (part 2) Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus is a proverb by Roman comedian Terence in the early modern period (1450-1800), which loosely translates to “love cannot blossom without food and wine.” Like a man and a woman locked in an amorous embrace, food is inextricably tied to...
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has started the investigation on a new incident involving a returning Filipina traveler who breached the quarantine of a Makati hotel. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) suspended on Wednesday, Jan. 5, the accreditation of Berjaya Makati Hotel after one of its guests, who later tested positive for COVID-19, skipped quarantine and went to a party where those who came in close contact with her have also been infected. Berjaya Makati...
The returning Filipina, who skipped the Makati hotel quarantine regulations to attend a party butwas later tested positive for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), will surely face charges once she recovers from the disease, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, Jan. 2 Año said that...
A Returning Overseas Filipino (ROF) who skipped the mandatory health protocol in a Makati City hotel may have infected around 15 people with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed on Thursday night, Dec. 30. In an interview over...
