Cebu’s lechon resto eyes pasalubong market

Dominic D. Yasay 11/15/2016

WITH Cebu being one of the top tourism destinations in the country, a homegrown brand specializing in roasted pig or lechon is targeting domestic tourists in its bid to make its restaurant, serving its kind of lechon…

DEATH BECOMES HER: Why the crossroads town of Carcar is the perfect ghoulish stopover

Jude Bacalso 11/08/2016

NOTE: In the aftermath of a well-meaning travel advisory against the South of Cebu, I’m publishing this belated Halloween-themed, impromptu trip to just that area in question. I acknowledge that the threat is always present, always real,…

Talisay to hold 2 big events in January

Edison Delos Angeles 11/03/2016

THE Talisay City government is planning to hold two important events next year – the longest Inasal festival and a return to the Sinulog grand parade. Councilor Doroteo Emit, chairman of the Committee on Tourism, said the…

Pantawid beneficiaries offer Cebu’s lechon

04/13/2016

CEBU’s lechon is always the star of every Filipino buffet. The word “lechon” comes from the Spanish term that refers to a roasted suckling pig. This well-loved dish has inspired the 24 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)…

My dumb kitchen

Radel Paredes 03/05/2016

Crosshatching While most people I know are into the latest high-tech gadgets and gizmos, I prefer to take the U-turn. For some reasons, I am more attracted to old technology, where everything works without electronics, easy to…

Streetkids to dine in seminary

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Marc Eric Cosep 01/19/2016

AT least 700 street kids will dine in the gymnasium of the Pope John XXIII Seminary on Saturday, January 23, a day before the International Eucharistic Congress. Fr. Carmelo Diola, chairman of the IEC solidarity and communion…

A clean start

Radel Paredes 01/03/2016

It’s the start of a new year and once again we make resolutions that we promise to keep. And as in most promises, we end up breaking them. For my wife, who is a yoga teacher, it’s…

FEAST OF 76 LECHONS

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/27/2015

Jail inmates ‘save’ their meat rations for a Christmas meal with visiting family Family visits mean precious time for detention prisoners, especially during Christmas. Even behind bars, inmates in the Cebu provincial jail savor the reunions in…

Amoebiasis downs 67 in Tudela

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/18/2015

Provincial health officials pointed to amoebiasis as having caused diarrhea to 67 persons in Tudela town, Camotes Island in northeast Cebu since Wednesday last week. James Cañete, sanitary inspector of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), said six…

Cebuano welcome for APEC

07/30/2015

The smell of sweet mangoes, Sinulog dancers and the bright smiles of Cebuanos will greet Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) delegates upon their arrival at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport. A warm Cebuano welcome is being prepared  by GMR-Megawide,…

A new twist on lechon

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/22/2015

Cebu is known to have the best lechon. Other versions have come out and also became popular, like the liempo and the boneless lechon belly. But this time, F Cafe and Bar is putting yet a new…

Mandaue cracks down on illegal lechon houses

Anie M. Paujana, Norman V. Mendoza 07/19/2014

The pigsties were dirty, their roof sfull of holes and cockroaches crawled freely on walls. Nearby was a pit where locals cook. Innards of slaughtered animals lie, scattered along the walkway. At one side, is a turbid…

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