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The pasalubong serves as a 'sample' of another region's specialty, bringing different Filipino cultures closer together. They can also simply be gifts likely to be appreciated. [3] Unlike western gifts, pasalubong are not wrapped, but are given as is. The person who gives the pasalubong can also freely partake of the gift.
In Filipino cuisine, moron (also spelled morón or muron, [1] the stress is placed on the last syllable [2]) is a rice cake similar to suman. [3] It is a native delicacy of the Waray people in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly in the area around Tacloban City in the province of Leyte [2] and in Eastern Samar province.
Tacloban champorado Moron - Day 3 DTI Bureau of Market Development, Promotions, OTOP (BMDPO) Secretary Cristina Aldeguer-Roque and PHILCOA Administrator Dexter R. Buted with Christopher George Martin Perez de Venecia organized the 2024 Christmas Village National Fiesta Haraya Coconut crafts fair SM Megamall Megatrade Hall 1-3 Source: my photography, my own work using my own camera taken on ...
On November 7–8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan roared through Tacloban and the Eastern Visayas Region. The Tacloban Airport was effectively destroyed by winds averaging to 314 km/h (195 mph) and a 4.0-meter (13 ft) storm surge. The airport terminal and the control tower were utterly demolished, and the airport was rendered unusable.
Poverty incidence of Tacloban 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 10.90 2009 20.45 2012 9.75 2015 21.45 2018 8.08 2021 10.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Tacloban is the economic center of the entire Eastern Visayas, with an economy largely focused on agriculture, commerce, and tourism. Proximal to the city proper is the 237-hectare Eastern Visayas Agri-Industrial Growth Center (EVRGC), which was ...
Poverty incidence of Eastern Visayas 10 20 30 40 50 2006 41.51 2009 42.58 2012 45.23 2015 41.30 2018 30.75 2021 22.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Eastern Visayas is primarily an agricultural region with rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane and banana as its major crops. Primary sources of revenue are manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade and services. Mining, farming, fishing and ...
An alcoholic rice drink made of glutinous rice. It is a clear full-bodied wine with a strong alcoholic flavor, moderately sweet and often leaves a lingering taste. Lambanog: Southern Tagalog (Batangas, Laguna and Quezon Province) Alcoholic beverage Wine made of nipa palm or coconut. Sometimes known in Asia as arrack or coconut vodka.
A Goldilocks Bakeshop branch (2009) On May 15, 1966, Chinese Filipino sisters, Milagros Leelin Yee and Clarita Leelin Go, and their sister-in-law Doris Wilson Leelin, opened the first Goldilocks store on a 70-square-meter (750 sq ft) space on the ground floor of a three-story building along Pasong Tamo Street in Makati and started with only 10 employees.