Senator Raffy Tulfo on Sunday, July 2 criticized the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) “anti-poor” plan to impose taxes on junk food and other food items next year. Sen. Raffy Tulfo (Senate PRIB Photo) Tulfo...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reminded in a media briefing on Friday, June 30, that a doctor's prescription will be required for purchasing bivalent Covid-19 vaccines once they become available in the country. The supplies will be sold by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, but the price and...
Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday, June 30 ordered the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) to increase the supply of family food packs (FFPs) in DSWD warehouses in Bicol for distribution to the Mayon-affected families in the region. “We have...
Foreign business chambers are seeking for reconsideration on the proposed new taxes on junk food and higher tax rate on sugar sweetened beverages so as not to aggravate the already elevated inflation level in the country and avoid discrimination to certain businesses. In a statement, the members of...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRi Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has called for the strict implementation of the food security roadmap for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in order to sustain the continued decline of poverty incidence in the...
THE HEAT IS ON Chef Charles Montañez cooks his dishes upon a live wood fire Many say that food is memory. This is true. But food is also a close encounter with the unknown. You can’t get closer to anything unfamiliar than when you put it in your mouth. Remember the very first time you took a sip...
*Pla Thod Phrik Grathiam* Thai dishes, among their noteworthy characteristics, share the same core ingredients like ginger, garlic, lemongrass, chili, fish sauce, palm sugar, and lime juice, with other Southeast Asian cuisines. And yet, Thai food has a certain je ne sais quoi that makes it easily...
A SIMPLE MEAL Beggar's Chicken came to be after a beggar used lotus leaves and clay to cook chicken stuffed with rice, pork, mushrooms, and lotus seeds I first heard about Beggar’s Chicken in 1965 from a Chinese couple, whom I interviewed in their home for an article on the textile industry,...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the application and granted a Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) for the Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty. Courtesy of Unsplash According to the European Medicines Agency, Comirnaty contains tozinameran, which is an mRNA molecule with...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa expressed support for the proposed added tax on sugary drinks and junk food. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/photo_1613919113640_25732ec5e61f_432deff482/photo_1613919113640_25732ec5e61f_432deff482.avif)...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-six children and two adults were hospitalized for suspected food poisoning in a dormitory here on Friday afternoon, June 23. Dr. Ester Concha, chief of the city Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), said the victims fell ill after eating rice and fish for lunch....
Outgoing Swiss Ambassador to the Philippines Alain Gaschen has commended the thrust of the Marcos administration toward food security and energy sufficiency, saying the Philippines has all the ingredients for a thriving agriculture sector. *FAREWELL CALL — Swiss Ambassador to the...
