News on Filipino Food

2010-03-11 Repairmen from central Philippines keep Prague-based firm warm ABS-CBN News Online Beta

Coupled with monthly minimum salaries of CZK (Czech Koruna) 8,000 or P20,000 (CZK 1 = P2. 50), a 50 pct. performance bonus and overtime pay, Filipino workers here only need to spend for their food outside of work, and to remit money to families in the Philippines through payroll accounts with Raiffeisenbank.

Teleplan International SRO, the world and rsquo;s fourth biggest after-sales technology services firm, invested in Filipino migrant workers in 2008, when the world and rsquo;s largest consumer electronics market, the United States, declared a recession.

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2010-02-28 Unique regional Pinoy dishes - INQUIRER. net, Philippine News for Filipinos

After a while, however, I started looking for Filipino food. So, no matter how good a cuisine is, we all go back to our own comfort food.

MANY OF US LIKE TO VENTURE into new foreign cuisine, but ultimately go back to what we grew up with. In the fast food business, where I have a Pinoy outlet, I notice that whenever a new place opens, our sales go down. After a week or so, however, people slowly come back, and business goes back to what it used to be.

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2010-02-26 Back to nature with Alain Ducasse - CULTURE VULTURE By Therese Jamora-Garceau The Philippine Star Lifestyle Features Food and Leisure

What would your advice be to make Filipino food more global, and put it on the world map

My friend ate in your Las Vegas restaurant, Mix, and he was not happy with the food. With 25 restaurants in 10 countries, do you think you and rsquo;re spreading yourself too thin

THE PHILIPPINE STAR: I heard that this is your first time in Philippines. What Filipino dishes have you tried, what did you think of them

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When youandrsquo;re the only nine-Michelin-star chef in the world, people expect you to be god in the kitchen, but Alain Ducasse balances all the adulation with a generous helping of reality. - Philippine news psn freeman banat people asia feature

2010-02-22 RP after EDSA: Were back with the same old problems The Philippine Star News Headlines

Aquino said the country still needs to be developed in terms of the basic needs of Filipinos that would include food, education, health and other social services.

Aside from the lack of freedom from poverty, Filipinos also remain hungry for justice as most cases remain unresolved for years, he said.

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RP after EDSA: Were back with the same old problems The Philippine Star News Headlines - Philippine news psn freeman banat people asia feature

2009-12-07 Business - Similarity in diversity - INQUIRER. net

The Reyes family and the MSF also said the foundation would not confine itself to giving awards in its effort to help the local food industry, promote excellence in Filipino cooking and make Filipino food and chefs known outside the Philippines.

But Tulao saw environmental consciousness to be a natural part of any food enterprise, as she pointed out, Without concern for the environment, how can we be assured of safe food How can we avoid life-threatening food-borne diseases

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SEPARATED BY AN OCEAN, IT is not surprising that Mercy Larin and Cristeta Pasia Comerford have not met. And it is not just distance that keeps them apart. - INQUIRER. net INQUIRER Interactive Philippine Daily Inquirer Philippine News Philippines Filipino News Filipino Pilipino Balita Pinoy Pinay Filipino-American Fil-Am newspapers Inquirer

2009-12-05 Philippines-Market factors to watch - Dec 4 Markets Reuters

A stronger peso in coming months will translate into lower exports from the Philippines and weaken the value of remittances from overseas Filipino workers, Socio-economic Planning Secretary Augusto Santos said. (MANILA STANDARD TODAY)

Three in five Filipinos still have little or almost no knowledge of the automated election system with only about six months to go before the polls, the latest survey by independent pollster Pulse Asia showed. (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER)

Four out of five Filipinos said they would not support a presidential candidate endorsed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, according to the Pulse Asia survey. (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER)

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MANILA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Here are news stories and press reports which may influence local financial markets on Friday. WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN THE PHILIPPINES, ALL TIMES LOCAL FOLLOWED BY GMT - (Philippines Asia Emerging countries Macro-Economics Debt Foreign exchange Equities Interest Rates Money markets Breweries Food products Water utilities Energy and Resources Commercial

2009-12-04 Filipinos in Vienna join UN Womens bazaar ABS-CBN News Online Beta

And ldquo;These various forms of participation and presentations are opportunities for the Philippines to project in an international setting, its culture and tourist destinations through dances, fashion shows, food and crafts display/sale. At the same time, voluntary contributions in time and skills promote children and rsquo;s charity worldwide, and rdquo; Aleta said.

During the past years, a team of UN Filipina staff has been managing the Philippine and rsquo;s food stall. The Philippine national stall and the food stall make a substantial donation to the UNWG charity, averaging Euro 1,500. 00 per stall.

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2009-11-29 Las Vegas Needs Pacquiao and Mayweather to Keep Economy Alive

Las Vegas business leaders must have realized the importance of keeping the fights of Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas. The popular Filipino boxer has brought in thousands of people across the globe to watch his fights in the entertainment and gambling city whose survival depends on the number of visitors who spends money on hotel accommodations, food, entertainment, among other things.

One of the major sports and entertainment events that is sure to bring tourists and visitors to Las Vegas is the upcoming boxing fight between Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and Americas undefeated professional boxer, Flod Mayweather, Jr.

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2009-11-24 Japanese resto bares plan to open express counter The Freeman The Freeman Sections Cebu Business

Yu Yu Tei Japanese restaurant owner Bernadete Kawakami said that after noting a growing market for Japanese food diners, not only foreign tourists but also Filipinos, it is high time to offer an express counter in high consumer traffic areas like shopping malls.

Unlike in the past, when there was an impression that dining in a Japanese restaurant is seen to be expensive and fancy, this time, Kawakami said Yu Yu Tei will pioneer the offering of and ldquo;pocket-friendly and rdquo; authentic Japanese food to Filipino diners across market segment.

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In its effort to pioneer the offering of affordable Japanese food to Filipino diners, one-year-old Japanese restaurant Yu Yu Tei plans to open up an express counter concept in Cebu and other parts of the country. - Philippine news psn freeman banat people asia feature

2009-11-23 Ebdane bares programs if he wins in 2010 Manila Bulletin

Talking about his platform of government, he said his campaign battlecry is anchored on the country and rsquo;s workers particularly the minimum wage earners and peasants, including the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), infrastructure development, food production, among others.

Amending the Constitution through a Constitutional Convention and bringing food to the tables of Filipino families would be the first in the things-to-do list of former Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. when he wins the presidential race.

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