Food Archives

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ report on decreasing food prices in SONA is misleading

By VERA Files | Jul 28, 2023 7:14 PM

During his second State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 24, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his administration was able to prove that it can bring down food prices. This is misleading. STATEMENT Flaunting the achievements of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Kadiwa program, Marcos said: “Napatunayan natin na kayang maipababa ang presyo ng […]

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, fish, Food, inflation, Kadiwa, meat, Rice, SONA, sugar, vegetables

Arts & Culture

Kaon Ta! Eating Iloilo

By R.C. Ladrido
All Iloilo food paintings courtesy of the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Arts. | Nov 07, 2021 1:41 PM

If you’ve never been to Iloilo yet, what’s your idea of Iloilo food? Typical answers would include the ubiquitous batchoy, pancit Molo, or the catchall seafood.

city of gastronomy, Food, Iloilo, kaon ta

FACT CHECK Health

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘WHO’ list of killer foods NOT TRUE

By VERA Files | Mar 28, 2021 11:49 PM

The WHO has denied that the list was theirs.

Food, obesity, WHO, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Arts & Culture Photos Top Stories Video

A watering hole for urban warriors

Apr 14, 2012 9:29 AM

Text, photos and videos by VINCENT GO
BEING at Fred’s Revolucion is like going back to a time when the cold war was raging and revolutions were the in thing. It calls to mind a scene from the 1960s movie “M.A.S.H.” whose battle-weary soldiers guzzled up after a hectic day on the war front.

Filipino food, Food, photojournalism, photojournalists