Text and Photos by Henrylito D. Tacio Most Filipinos are familiar with the sweet and…

Last May 3, President Rodrigo R. Duterte was vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It was Health Secretary Francisco Duque III himself who administered the Sinopharm-developed vaccine.

I couldn’t remember now when I started eating kinilaw, whether I liked it or not. But today, it is one of my favorite viands. Every time I returned home from a trip abroad, I immediately asked for kinilaw as one of those served on the table.

Two days ago, Arman went out bike riding later than he normally did. Instead of biking at either 6 or 7 am, he did it at 10 am this time — and on an extremely hot day. He went to the path he usually followed normally two to three times a week. Since it was a holiday, he biked a little farther than normal.

“24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not,” humorist Henry L. Mencken once wrote. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy,” so said American statesman Benjamin Franklin.

In many developing countries, rapid population growth makes it difficult for food production to keep up with the demand.

Text and Photos by Henrylito D. Tacio In producing rice, one of the wastes that…

For every peso, Filipinos spend on food, studies show, 20 centavos go-to rice. “If we did not have rice, our deepest comfort food, we would probably feel less Filipino,” the late food columnist Doreen Fernandez once said.

For quite some time, a Davao veteran journalist was having stomach problems. She also had a problem with regular urination. When she could no longer bear the stomach pain, she decided to see her doctor.

Avocado is often said to be the most nutritious fruit in the world. The reason, according to “Health Online Zine,” is that the fruit “contains in excess of 25 essential nutrients, including vitamins A, B, C, E, and K, copper, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium.”