Bahay Kubo veggies
Most Filipinos are familiar with the Tagalog folk song Bahay Kubo that describes a humble nipa hut with a backyard garden planted with 18 vegetables. Native vegetables? No, they came from all over the world.
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How to encourage millennials and Gen Z to build an appetite for news
Getting people to consume news these days is like trying to get them to eat broccoli: one needs to accompany it with cheese, or something a little more appetizing to make it palatable.
Sagot nga ba ng PhilHealth ang kalusugan mo?
Sa ika-12 episode ng Tres from Tress podcast, kasama ang senior editor ng VERA Files na si Elma Sandoval, sasagutin ni Dr. Israel Francis Pargas, senior vice president for Health Finance Policy at spokesperson ng PhilHealth, ang malaking katanungan: Sagot nga ba ng PhilHealth ang kalusugan mo?
FACT SHEET: Bakit dapat mo ikabahala ang paglilipat ng P90B na pondo ng PhilHealth
Health advocate Dr. Anthony Leachon iginiit na ang paglilipat ng sobrang pondo ng PhilHealth ay labag sa Universal Health Care Act.
FACT SHEET: Ano ang kailangan mong malaman tungkol sa mpox?
Habang kinikilala ng Department of Health ang kahalagahan ng deklarasyon ng WHO, tiniyak nito na ang mpox ay naiiba sa pandemya ng COVID-19 at pinayuhan ang publiko na manatiling alerto.
FACT SHEET: What do you need to know about mpox?
While the Department of Health has acknowledged the urgency of WHO's declaration, it assured the public that mpox differs from the COVID-19 pandemic and advised them to remain alert.
FACT CHECK: The Marcos administration’s evolving stance on allowing ICC investigators
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said on July 29 that the Philippine government will "not get in the way" of the ICC's interview of the five former and current high-ranking police officials tagged as suspects in the Duterte administration's drug war.
Eat your fear: Edible insects
Known for its biodiversity in flora and fauna, the Philippines has some 21,000 insect species, 70 percent of which are endemic to the country. Its edible insects include migratory locusts (balang) and grasshoppers, June beetles (salagubang), crickets (kuliglig), termites, and the larvae of beetles, ants, and bees.
Napakasakit, PhilHealth!
Labag daw sa Universal Healthcare Act ang paglilipat ng halos P90 billion na excess funds ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation o PhilHealth sa national treasury. Sa ika-11 episode ng Tres from Tress podcast, makikipagkwentuhan si Elma Sandoval, senior editor ng VERA Files, kay Dr. Tony Leachon, isang independent health reform advocate at former PhilHealth director, para malinawan ang mga bagay sa mainit na isyung ito.
FACT SHEET: Bakit mahalaga ang BARMM parliamentary election?
Sa unang pagkakataon, magkakaroon ng halalan sa BARMM para punan ang 80 puwesto sa Bangsamoro parliament sa Mayo 2025, kasabay ng midterm national elections.
