Two moms, two music icons AWARD-WINNING MOM AND DAUGHTER Mommy Ligaya and Lea Salonga Two women behind international music divas deserve our praise and gratitude for their roles in bringing honor to our country: Ligaya Salonga and Rosario Licad, mothers of Lea Salonga and Cecile Licad. They...
And other beliefs this Holy Week SHOWER FROM THE HEAVENS Rain during Easter Sunday is considered Holy Water Today is Pasko ng Pagkabuhay, the Tagalog term for Easter Sunday. It means new life, rebirth, hope. Light at the end of a dark tunnel. For many Filipinos, it also marks the end of a week of...
Who says seafood can’t be sophisticated? Abstinence is the key word for life during Holy Week. Lent is the time for sacrifices, big and small, in order to share in our Lord’s pains. We are encouraged to shun worldly pleasures. Giving up meat is one of these. Someone somewhere along the way...
The Pilipina is eternally a work in progress, evolving with every political and social change. The females in five successive generations of my family illustrate how the Pilipina has adapted beautifully through 120 years. THE LAST DALAGA Florentina, born in 1901, belonged to the last generation of...
There’s so much to look forward to Longtime foreign correspondent from the Philippines Gabino Tabuñar Jr. Old means different things to different people. Children consider their 20something parents as old. What is old and why do many people fear it while a few successfully even enjoy its...
How men won women’s trust and hearts in 1909 (Photo by Ernesto Segismundo) The love story of Lolo Andoy and Lola Tina, typical of their time at the start of the 20th century, could inspire today’s young men and women to be good, honest, brave, and faithful. It is a tale worth retelling. My...
Frozen is the answer VEGGIES ON ICE. A research from the University of Georgia found that there are no significant difference in nutrient content between fresh and frozen produce. Vegetables used to be the mainstays of poor families’ diets, with meats hardly making an appearance. Not anymore....
The pleasures of the table come from the thoughtfulness of people Lolo Andoy was a very nationalistic Caviteňo, who insisted that only Tagalog be spoken in his home, even by his university-educated children and grandchildren. He subscribed to Tagalog newspapers and listened only to Tagalog radio...
Why Filipinos love their meat We love pork. Perennially nominated as national Pinoy favorites are pork dishes like adobo, sinigang, sisig, and lechon . Pork also outsells beef in supermarkets and wet markets. The Philippines is expected to buy more pork and chicken from the global market as...
Christmas at home will be the New Normal this holiday season. For my generation, it is nothing new; it was our Old Normal. We were raised by parents and grandparents who lived through the horrors of war and hunger. Our upbringing prepared us for the restrictions and shortages of the Covid-19...
ROME OF THE EAST Manila City Hall takes on a new look (photo by Patrick Roque) Manila, once called the Pearl of the Orient and recognized as a center of global trade, had one foot in the grave, gasping for breath, when the last election for local officials was held last year. Decades of...
Amid the lockdown, quarantine, travel restrictions, and business closures, a star has risen to save the day: the home cook. Often someone’s aunt, mother, grandma, sister, brother, uncle, or son, the home cook is the one known among family and friends for one or more dishes prepared in a...
