No apple for your lechon? Check out this alternative

Immae Lachica 12/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— What is a Christmas celebration without a feast? And what’s a Christmas feast without the famous lechon (roasted sucking pig)? Having lechon on the table is tradition for most Filipino families. And when the…

Tatay Solomon thankful to owner of fake P1K bill for help he is now getting

Immae Lachica 04/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Instead of being angry, Solomon Alfanta said that he will be forever grateful to the man who duped him with a fake P1,000 bill. Had it not been for the still unidentified man, Alfanta said…

Talisay shooting leaves fruit vendor in critical condition at hospital

Benjie B. Talisic 03/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 29-year-old fruit vendor is in critical condition after he was shot by a motorcycle riding gunman near the foot of the flyover in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City at past 8 p.m. on…

Durian fruit stars in Disgusting Food Museum in Sweden

Inquirer.net 10/15/2018

THE infamous durian fruit is taking its fame overseas — Sweden, to be exact — as it was identified among the food that will be featured in the Disgusting Food Museum in Malmo. The museum challenges its…

The fruit of time

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 09/01/2018

I find a bowl of fruit on a stand by the door, which brims with lanzones, guyabano, atis, apples, mangoes and oranges. I toy with the idea of gobbling up as much of them as my capacity…

Cracker prices up; fruits no change

Nestle L. Semilla 12/30/2016

Prices of some types of firecrackers at the firecracker zone at the South Road Properties (SRP) slightly increased as the vendors expect a surge of customers today while prices of fruits sold in Colon St., Cebu City,…

Go bananas!

Dominic D. Yasay 11/30/2016

Traders urged to consider exporting fruits to get slice of China’s market Explore opportunities in the fruit export sector. Federico Escalona, Philippine Exports Confederation, Inc. (Philexport) Cebu Chapter executive director, made this call to local exporters as…

Fujinoya’s afternoon tea dessert bento box

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 09/24/2016

JAPANESE Master Baker Hideo Goto must be smiling with pride every time he visits Fujinoya along Wilson Street in Lahug, which he established two years ago with Carlostito “Tito” Gothong, youngest son of shipping fame Bob Gothong.…

Home alone

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 06/25/2016

When a friend posted a photograph of the first fruit of her guyabano tree, I wasted no time to ask her what she did to produce it, especially as her tree did not seem to have put…

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