July 23, 2011 | Lifestyle.INQ

The unsinkable Filipino

Amaris Cabason, 23, daughter of Marivi Martin-Cabason, has a recurring nightmare. In her dream, she is on the rooftop of their house in Provident Village,

Useful numbers to remember

Emergency services 112 or 911 Police 117 or 168 Police & Fire 757 or 116 Meralco (632) 631-1111 Telecommunication National Operator

Survival’s in the bag

Take Bear Grylls’ advice: Wherever you are staying – in the house, your work station or inside your car – you need a “Go Bag”

You can run, you can hide–and other ways to cope with crime

You hear your heart pounding at the sound of footsteps behind you just as enter this dark alley leading to your house. Should you stay

Recovering from acts of God – and other catastrophes

Filipinos are known to be a fatalist lot, believing that what will be, will be, and that somehow things will work themselves out. But they

Fireproof

On April 19, 2011, deep in the heart of a bone-dry summer, the Laperal Compound in Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City went up in flames. The

A Toast to Filipino Cuisine!

What does it take to impress a chef lauded by no less than The New York Times as one of three chefs in Singapore who

Dining with death

To the already long list of risky behavior patterns among Filipinos, add the propensity for eating food that can kill you. I’m not talking about

Yes, you can survive anything

In these times of climate change, you never really know what’s going to happen next. Nature can be so unpredictable we can be caught offguard

Numbers

117: Number of the government’s national emergency hotline. 1978: Year that the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), the forerunner of the National Disaster Risk Reduction