Caviar ‘queen’: Chinese roe reigns around the world
by Ludovic EHRET The caviar on the menu of Michelin-starred restaurants may come from an unexpected place: China. The country has endured embarrassing…
WITNESSES said Valerie Trierweiler’s escorts from the Philippine Navy panicked when she suddenly left her hotel in Busuanga, Palawan, to...
As Vergel puts it, ‘The poor are blameless. It’s us the non-poor who are guilty–guilty to the degree that we...
PALO, Leyte—More than a year has passed since the plight brought by Typhoon Yolanda. Emergency responses and progressive development groups...
I was happily nibbling on preserved roselle (hibiscus), a gift from my friend Imelda Tan, who was also telling me interesting stories.
If you’re a doctor... Yolanda Medical Relief is a Facebook page run by medical groups based in Manila and the United States. They are looking for kind souls to donate medicine and other medical supplies (a comprehensive list is available on their page).
Still reeling from the massive earthquake that leveled their historic churches, such as the picturesque Dauis Church, Boholanos braced themselves...
The Filipino people’s resilience was put to the test yet again. Supertyphoon “Yolanda,” the strongest typhoon in history, had a total of six landfalls in the geographic midsection of the Philippines, leaving devastation in its wake.
The Filipino spirit was recently shaken by the catastrophe and devastation brought by “Yolanda”—also known by its international name, “Haiyan”—a supertyphoon that was considered one of the strongest in history.
Peninsula Hotels has launched “Hope for the Philippines,” an initiative by Peninsula hotels across Asia and the US to help the victims of supertyphoon “Haiyan-Yolanda” in the Philippines.
My husband and I are thinking of skipping Christmas this year—at least the frivolity and excess about it that have become somehow excusable. It just doesn’t seem right amid the massive tragedy visited upon our people.
