Tag: nutrition

Smoke and mirrors mask dire situation surrounding rice prices as elections loom

May 21, 2024 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Most political analysts describe former President Rodrigo Duterte as a populist but he wasn’t close to being one when it came to economic policies which he left to his finance secretary to set. The Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) was passed to put an end to rice subsidies and corruption at the National Food Authority (NFA)…

Economy

Why are Filipinos so physically unfit?

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 benign0 5 Comments

A video shared on Twitter by ABS-CBN News correspondent Pia Gutierrez (who is, as of this writing, covering Philippine President Bongbong Marcos’s official visit to the United States), shows anti-government “activists” in Washington DC chasing what appears to be Marcos’s motorcade. Observations have since been made about a number of things seen in this video…

Lifestyle, Society

“LUGAW” is what makes Leni Robredo’s campaign come across as ELITIST

December 6, 2021 benign0 62 Comments

C’mon, you really think making lugaw (glutinous rice gruel or porridge) a pillar of your political brand will make you come across as makamasa (for the masses)? Think again. Feeding lugaw to “the poor” only goes further to reinforce the patronising manner with which the Philippines’ upper classes regard the masses. Presidential candidate Leni Robredo’s…

Politics, Society

Senator Cynthia Villar is correct: Eating too much rice is bad for the health

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 Ilda 38 Comments

Philippine Senator Cynthia Villar drew some flak for suggesting that Filipinos limit their rice consumption. She thinks banning “unlimited rice” (or “unli-rice”) offerings in restaurants would be a good start. It was a preposterous idea, some say. “Who is she to tell us how much rice we eat?”, others asked in disgust. Then there were…

Culture, Lifestyle

The Filipino’s Self-destructive Appetite for Junk

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 zaxx 102 Comments

The age-old adage “garbage in, garbage out” rings out in every Introductory Computer Programming class across the nation. Yet the Filipino, narrow-minded as he is, is unable to apply the same logic to his very own everyday life. There is a covert conspiracy with the major players of the economy in cahoots to siphon from the common…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Wendy’s Salad Bar is back, Pinoy lamon mentality along with it!

September 11, 2014September 11, 2014 Kate Natividad 7 Comments

I know I’m a bit slow to the news but I heard that Wendy’s infamous salad bar has returned. Yeah that was a relic of the 1990s reincarnated! I remember as high school kids pigging on that and the occasional all-you-can-eat offering Pizza Hut would come out with every now and then. Unfortunately I wasn’t…

Culture, Education, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

Does the ‘best before’ date in food cause unnecessary waste?

May 19, 2014 benign0 2 Comments

According to a Reuters report it just may; so much so that the European Union may be mulling scrapping the warning altogether. A use by date is applied if there is a health risk in eating food after that date, whereas a best before date is more about quality – when it expires it does…

Economy, Environment, Lifestyle, Money Talks