Arranged flowers a hit in Carbon market

Nestle L. Semilla 10/31/2016

Aside from single or a dozen flowers, some vendors in Carbon market also sell arranged flowers. More people are buying arranged flowers in a basket than buying singles or dozens of flowers. Flower vendor Jovan Yungco said…

Where to buy flowers, candles

Dominic D. Yasay 10/30/2016

Flowers arranged in vases or baskets and candles in varying colors, shapes and lengths are the staple of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days. With All Saints’ Day’s eve upon us, have you bought flowers and candles…

Getting ready for All Souls’ Day

Junjie Mendoza, Tonee Despojo 10/30/2016

Photos by Tonee Despojo and Junjie Mendoza…

It’s harvest time for Cebu’s cut flowers

Apple Ta-as 10/29/2016

It’s going to be busy days ahead for the flower growers in the mountain barangays of Cebu City, with only days away from the commemoration of All Saints’ Day and Souls’ Day on the first two days…

The best time of the year for flower farmers

Apple Ta-as 10/28/2016

(Conclusion) For flower farmer Jonie Bonganoy, the task of harvesting and packing his cut flowers is made easier with the help from his friend Toto Bayawa, 32, who is also the owner of the lot that Bonganoy…

More visitors troop to Sirao

Apple Ta-as 10/22/2016

With the flowers now in full bloom, more local and foreign tourists are traveling to the mountain barangay of Sirao in Cebu City to take “selfie” with celosia flowers, locally known as the burlas, which are abundant…

The ‘dying’ bamboo trade

Morexette Erram 10/16/2016

Once a week, before a streak of sunlight touches the asphalt sidewalk of Gorordo Avenue, a mini-bus unloads more than 30 freshly harvested poles of bamboo from Cebu City’s hillside barangays Bacayan, Sirao and Talamban on the…

October

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 10/01/2016

Like a protagonist in a novel by John Cheever, I mark the year’s passing with the changes in the liturgy. Hence, the feast of St. Michael the Archangel alerts me to the arrival of October, with the…

The art of being a gentleman

Mia B. Zamora 08/31/2016

I HAVE come to the sad conclusion that the species called ‘gentleman’ is slowly becoming a thing of the past. There are a lot of nice guys, yes, and they can be funny, attractive, smart, interesting or…

Flowers in my veins

06/16/2016

And I woke up in this garden called Earth and flowers grew from my system. I am a flower, both literally and figuratively. My name is Sienna Rose and despite my mom’s explanation that she named me…

Flowers, veggies more expensive but quality is poor

Nestle L. Semilla 04/15/2016

BECAUSE of the intense heat, the quality of cut flowers and vegetables produced in Cebu has deteriorated while their prices have gone up. Plant growth is stunted while the cut flowers easily wilt and their stalks are…

Door

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 12/20/2015

A friend invited me to join a project – a book that contained reproductions of her paintings of different doors.  She asked me to write a poem to accompany one of the paintings. The invitation struck a…

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