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Philippines food: Pancit or Shrimp and Noodles

Recipe: Pancit - Shrimp and Noodles

A simple recipe for Philippines style Shrimp and Noodles or Pancit

Philippines Habeeb Salloum

Philippines food: Garlic Shrimp

Recipe: Shrimps in Garlic

A simple recipe for Shrimps in Garlic from the Philippines

Philippines Habeeb Salloum

Philippines food: Lumpia or Fried Egg rolls

Recipe: Lumpia - Fried Egg rolls

The author's recipe for Lumpia, one of the most popular Philippine dishes

Philippines Habeeb Salloum

Philippines, South Cotabato, Tnalak festival

The Land of Kota Batu, Mindanao

The Land of Kota Batu, a land never conquered by foreign intruders and long time defended ...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Apocalypse Now

Film Review: Apocalypse Now (Redux)

A Special Forces officer is sent up the Nang River on a mission to find and assassinate Colonel W...

Philippines / Vietnam / Cambodia Celeste Heiter

Philippines, Cebu. Lapu Lapu Statue

Cebu, the Queen City

Cebu City, often named as the Queen City of the Southern Philippines is the capital and th...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

At Pearl Farm Resort entrance

Philippine Samal Island: A Hidden Paradise In The South

The alluring beauty of the Far East is also seen on how nature has brought it into being. A trave...

Philippines Junfil Olarte

Pochero

Recipe: Easy Crockpot Pochero

This recipe has all the elements of a classic Philippine Pochero, the ubiquitous chorizo and vege...

Philippines Celeste Heiter

Caregiver

Film Review: Caregiver

Life in the Philippines holds little promise of a bright future for Sarah and Teddy Gonzales. See...

Philippines Celeste Heiter

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Choosing Your Guidebook to the Philippines

Of all the countries in Asia, I reckon the Philippines might be the one where you least need a gu...

Philippines Steven K. Bailey

Philippines, Mindanao, Durian fruit

Made in Mindanao, a culinary challenge.

In Mindanao food is the basis of social life, here one can taste tempting food that has a ...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

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SEA-worthy: Some Recent Southeast Asian Literature

When one thinks of famous Southeast Asian writers, one thinks of...nobody. Nada. Not exactly true...

Philippines / Vietnam / Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

Philippines, Mindanao, 7 falls in the Province of South Cotabato

Down South, Mindanao

The province of South Cotabato may not be the most obvious place to consider for a vacatio...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Bibingka - dessert from the Philippines

Fabulous Desserts from the Philippines

The author samples some lovely desserts while travelling in the Philippines...

Philippines Sandra Lilyana

Philippines, Mindanao, Lake Sebu

Lake Sebu, a lake that never dries up.

Lake Sebu, is surrounded by rolling hills and forested mountains, home to the T'boli, a highland ...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

The Island Paradise of Siargao, Surigao del Norte

Treasure Islands of Carraga

Traveling to far away places is one best antidote because it heals life pressures. What is more i...

Philippines Junfil N. Olarte

One of the guest rooms inside the Sto. Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum

Tracking Tacloban’s Treasures (3)

Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines

Philippines ARIEL NOBLE

Kailangan Kita

Film Review: Kailangan Kita

There's plenty of family drama in this Philippine romance. Set in the province of Bicol, Kailanga...

Philippines Celeste Heiter

The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Yakan; Mountain Dwellers.

The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Yakan; Mountain Dwellers.

Mindanao, the Philippines' southernmost island, is a virtual and cultural melting pot, alt...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Philippines, Mindanao, Samal Island, Hagimit Falls

Samal, the Island Garden City

The Island of Samal, a place of harmony and serenity, it is located at the heart of Davao Gulf. ...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

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