ROAD SENSE Car camping shows no signs of fading away. There are more than two dozen groups to get like-minded campers to get together and explore new destinations. The campsites have also increased in number, it’s amazing how one country road in Tanay is literally lined by campsites...
SADANGA, Mountain Province – Twenty-three persons living in five households in Sitio Tatabra-an, Barangay Sacasacan here have been evacuated as the area continues to sink following the magnitude-7 earthquake last July 27. SITIO Tatabra-an in Barangay Sacasacan in Sadanga, Mountain Province...
By Daniel Jason Maches Sagada, Mountain Province is one of the Philippines’ top producers of high-quality Arabica coffee. Most of its coffee comes from a northern barangay called Aguid, known for its steep and challenging terrain. Here, it’s women who are on the lead of the community’s...
Award-winning coffee, chocolate from PH featured at Lao Food Festival MABUHAY The Philippine booth at the Lao Food Festival Award-winning coffee and chocolate from the Philippines took center stage at the Philippine booth in the Lao Food Festival, which started Jan. 25 at the Chao Anouvong Park in...
Apart from the numerous photos we take, we can’t avoid collecting souvenirs from the wonderful provinces we’ve been to in our country. While lots of local tourists would bring home Pinoy-made fashion items and home handicrafts, many would also opt for ref magnets, mugs, keychains, and stickers....
By Fae Marie Esperas Kiltepan sunrise in Sagada, Mt. Province His tears were like pearls falling from his eyes as he held me in his arms. Round and misty, they instantly turned into ice crystals before they even landed on the ground. But I no longer felt the warmth of his embrace. I know it’s me,...
You can’t go anywhere, but you can always travel in your mind DEEP CONTEMPLATION Puerto Princesa underground water river tour Growing up, I read so much about the world outside. I never really ever dreamed of editing a travel magazine, even when I was already entertaining thoughts of doing...
Piolo Pascual (Instagram) Piolo Pascual wants this clear: His recent trip to Sagada and Banaue, supposedly to shoot scenes for the upcoming State of the Nation Address, has nothing to do with President Rodrigo Duterte. In the past week, Piolo and film director Joyce Bernal trended online following...
Joyce Bernal (Instagram) After getting turned down to shoot by the Sagada Municipal Council, director Joyce Bernal experienced rejection anew, this time from the local government of Banaue. Early this week, the OIC of Sagada COVID-19 task force cited the municipal’s strict quarantine ordinance as...
Joyce Bernal The Sagada council has denied the request of director Joyce Bernal to shoot in the tourist resort town, with the video supposedly to be used for the upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA). Vice Mayor Felicito Dula, the OIC of Sagada COVID-19 task force, cited the municipal’s...
