Filipino Food Month is about local cuisine. But exploring dishes from other countries, Singapore for instance, is also welcome SEAFOOD WHITE BEE HOON Akin to our very own bihon, rice vermicelli is the centerpiece of this tasty dish, which is usually topped with shrimp, pork, and veggies On April...
As part of the global celebration of the Quincentennial of the First Circumnavigation, 1519-1522, the National Historical Commission launches ‘Pigafetta’s Philippine Picnic’ by Felice Sta. Maria AROUND THE WORLD IN 1,082 DAYS Detail of a map of Ferdinand Magellan's Circumnavigation “The...
Such rich and varied choices—if you only know where to look LUZON REPRESENT Filipino-style beef bone marrow soup, Bulalo Because it is National Food Month, we should all try to venture out of familiar recipes and menus and try to know more about our country’s rich and diverse culinary heritage....
The Philippine government has already finalized the updated Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) with Australian-Canadian miner OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold) nearly two years since the major mining deal expired. MGB Director Wilfredo Moncano (Photo credit:...
Bilateral trade between the Philippines and Poland more than quadrupled in the past five years encouraging both countries to further broaden their economic cooperation. This was highlighted at the recent virtual business forum “Let's do business together: Poland-Philippines - opportunities and...
The Office of the President (OP) was urged to cancel the ‘stay order’ issued on mining companies with pending suspension and closure orders. This as such move will not do anything for the Philippine economy. “We demand that the Office of the President immediately cancels this ‘Stay...
Philippine businessmen Wednesday, (April 14) took a pause from their busy schedules to make a stand against China’s aggression in the country's territory. With that business groups rallied behind Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, other government officials and various groups...
The Philippine government has allowed the mining companies that were suspended and ordered closed by former Environment Secretary and late Regina Paz Lopez in 2017 to continue operating. Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director Wilfredo Moncano said on Tuesday that the government has decided to...
Dickies Philippines still stays true to its heritage of workwear and work-inspired style Staying under the radar as a department store staple for the past decades, Dickies has been forwarding casual workwear style as its core design philosophy. Today, the American apparel company plans to go all...
Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corporation (“Cirtek”) (PSE: TECH) has recently embarked in programs to demonstrate its adherence to environmental, social and good governance (ESG) principles. Amid the increasing consciousness of companies to integrate ESG principles in their ways of doing...
Eubiologics, the South Korean vaccine manufacturer and joint venture partner of Filipino pharmaceutical Glovax Biotech Corp., is targeting to start clinical trial in the country this month for its EuCorVac-19 Covid vaccine. Photo credit: http://eubiologics.com/eng/ Glovax Philippines President...
The Philippine International Literary Festival happens this month and onward Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa describes literature as “the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” Simply put, it’s the best kind of distraction. If so, then literature could easily be considered an “essential...
