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Pasalubong can be as mundane as fast-food take-outs, [20] toys, snacks or fruit given to children below 10 years of age by a parent coming home from work. [5] It can also be as exotic as a balikbayan box filled with gifts from a foreign country; it is an adaptation of the idea of the pasalubong for the Filipino diaspora.
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.
However, there are also some street foods that are priced more than 20,000 rupiah (1.30 US dollar). Indonesian street food is often colloquially called as kaki lima ( Indonesian for "five-feet") or jajanan kaki lima ("five-feet buys"), which refer to five foot way pedestrian pavements along the street that are often occupied by street hawkers ...
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 ...
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 Dulag 10 20 30 40 2006 32.20 2009 33.56 2012 33.57 2015 31.46 2018 24.63 2021 27.57 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Government The residents and territories of Dulag are governed by the barangay, municipal, provincial and national governments of the Philippines. Dulag is subdivided into 45 barangays (the basic political unit in governance in the Philippines). Of ...
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 ...
Poverty incidence of Carigara 10 20 30 40 2006 31.40 2009 32.14 2012 34.74 2015 31.20 2018 25.00 2021 26.53 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Culture Festival Magara Festival On January 25, 2019, Carigara commemorated its inaugural festival, the Magara Festival, coinciding with its 448th founding anniversary. Magara locally connotes abundance, elegance, and vibrancy. The inaugural Magara ...