Evo & Grace: The WanderLusts

Over the past several years, the need for humanitarian aid has dramatically increased on the back of major natural disasters, conflict or biohazards such as the spread of the Novel Coronavirus. Aviation plays a critical role in the fast and reliable movement of humanitarian assistance such as food and medical supplies, especially when time is of the essence. Amidst travel restrictions that came with the imposition of Community Quarantine across Luzon and many other provinces across the Philippines, Cebu Pacific (CEB) has continued to operate all-cargo flights to ensure that food, medicines and vital supplies are transported from one island to another across the archipelago. Throughout the quarantine period, Cebu Pacific has been in constant coordination with the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and other government agencies for cargo transport—especially those that are intended for humanitarian aid. So far, CEB has operated over 40 cargo flights between Manila, Cebu, General...

SM Appliance Center’s donation of Imarflex insect killers to the Philippine Children’s Medical Center will help keep their rooms free from harmful insects.  The Bayanihan Spirit was alive and well when SM Appliance Center and its brand partners recently brought positivity, hope and inspiration to the frontliners and patients of the hospitals in the Philippines with donations of electric fans, mosquito zappers, and washing machines. With summer days ahead electric fans from Imarflex, Asahi and 3D will bring cool comfort to frontliners and patients. These were donated to the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital’s (Tala Hospital), Philippine General Hospital, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine Children’s Medical Center and Mary Chiles Hospital. SM Appliance Center also provided environmentally friendly mosquito zappers from Daimaru to keep hospitals safe and free from harmful insects and flies. Insect killers from Imarflex and 3D brands were also given for ...

Many social traditions and activities are very associated with drinking beer, such as playing cards, darts, or other games. The consumption of beer in isolation and excess may be associated with people drinking away their troubles, while drinking in excess with company may be associated with binge drinking. The story of craft beer is the story of America’s broken love affair with suds. As said, brewing is an age-old art, and actually came to this country before, well, independence, with record of the first known brewery in New Amsterdam (aka NYC) in 1612. (Of course Native Americans were not only here first, they were fermenting first, in this case an early alcoholic beverage made from corn.) Let's talk about a little history here.. As agriculture and later industrialization took hold of the young nation, so too did a love of beer and brewing. The nineteenth century saw huge growth in the number of American breweries, not to mention an influx of immigrants and other be...

Bayan Muna Rep. Eufemia Cullamat is usually the first to wake up at about four o’clock in the morning in this chilly city in Geneva, Switzerland. She immediately takes a shower to avoid the rush to the bathroom once her other Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice) delegates cramped in every available space at a generous Filipino home wake up. Rep. Cullamat then scrambles eggs and fries leftover rice for the team’s breakfast. While waiting for dawn, when they are not doing the laundry, she prepares for the rest of the day by writing down her talking points when she meets ambassadors, country Missions representatives, Special Rapporteurs and their officers, and a host of international NGOs one after the other. Invariably as in today, their team tag along homefood usually leftover steamed or fried rice to be heated in the golden microwave of the UN canteen. For today’s lunch, they heartily feasted on scrambled eggs and spicy canned sardines...