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Chris Po’s Peri-Peri, Robina’s Uncle John’s
by Iris Gonzales - August 3, 2023 - 12:00am
It was not long ago when I discovered Shakey’s Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken. I really like it, especially with the java rice and all those side dishes.
Incessant rains and a rainy graduation
by Iris Gonzales - August 1, 2023 - 12:00am
In Metro Manila during the rainy season, the air is different and not just because it is damp and cold.
A central banking nerd
by Iris Gonzales - July 30, 2023 - 12:00am
It’s been raining for several days now; still splattering as I write this. Friday night was no exception, which is why I missed the 30th anniversary reception of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for the...
‘And the rest of this f#cking country…’
by Iris Gonzales - July 27, 2023 - 12:00am
Most great stories of infamy are usually about something wild and big and chaotic such as a political assassination or mass murder or setting a village on fire.
Powering Bagong Pilipinas
by Iris Gonzales - July 25, 2023 - 12:00am
Sunday it was when I wrote my Bagong Pilipinas column and discussed my thoughts on the State of the Nation Address.
Bagong Pilipinas
by Iris Gonzales - July 23, 2023 - 12:00am
The House, as I write this, is already on lockdown ahead of President Marcos’ State of the Nation Address tomorrow, July 24.
A step toward justice
by Iris Gonzales - July 20, 2023 - 12:00am
Nicknamed “The Terminator,” Bosco Ntaganda sat down in a courtroom of the International Criminal Court at The Hague on Nov. 7, 2019 as Judge Robert Fremr read the shocking evidence against him, including...
Allcard not giving up
by Iris Gonzales - July 18, 2023 - 12:00am
It seems our driver’s license woes would soon come to an end.
Shining the light on Japanese ama culture
by Iris Gonzales - July 16, 2023 - 12:00am
Grapevine talk has it that the best Japanese restaurant in Metro Manila is the residence of the Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines, thanks to Japanese executive chef Suzuki Daisuke.
Of love and loathe
by Iris Gonzales - July 13, 2023 - 12:00am
“Love” was not meant to be, says Senator Nancy Binay – with pun intended – on the Department of Tourism “Love the Philippines” slogan which hogged international headlines for all...
Race to NAIA
by Iris Gonzales - July 11, 2023 - 12:00am
NAIA, we love it or we hate it. We love it for those times we had a pleasant experience – smooth, seamless and sane, but we hate it for all the times it failed us or nearly failed us – traffic, delayed...
Taming the food inflation monster
by Iris Gonzales - July 9, 2023 - 12:00am
The monster has been tamed, though not yet slayed. At last, we are now reaping the benefits of all those audacious policy rate hikes of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas the past year.
Reclamation:  the good, the bad  and the ugly
by Iris Gonzales - July 6, 2023 - 12:00am
Somewhere in the Netherlands, in that charming Land of Tulips and Windmills, is a place called Beemster Polder, touted as one of the world’s earliest large-scale reclamation projects.
Transforming an island
by Iris Gonzales - July 4, 2023 - 12:00am
An hour’s flight from Manila, this sprawling odd-shaped patch of earth in Antique is full of surprises and irony.
Addressing passenger woes
by Iris Gonzales - July 2, 2023 - 12:00am
Those of us who have had the pleasure – or pain – of flying out of Metro Manila surely experienced a flight delay or cancellation, not to mention the occasional chaos in our airports.
President Marcos, one year later
by Iris Gonzales - June 29, 2023 - 12:00am
The good news is that we stopped hearing those late night sexist jokes and cuss-riddled ramblings you might expect to hear from a court jester but which we instead heard for six long years from our president.
Problems hound posh residential subdivision
by Iris Gonzales - June 27, 2023 - 12:00am
One would think that living in an exclusive, secured and gated residential enclave is hassle-free but I learned recently that there are real problems hounding one subdivision in Pasig.
A Filipino barista in the Land of Espresso
by Iris Gonzales - June 25, 2023 - 12:00am
It’s as charming as charming cafés go, at least as the photographs show – soft drop lights, high ceiling, art-deco here and there; a La Marzocco or that famed espresso machine behind the bar; a...
Upholding the BSP’s independence
by Iris Gonzales - June 22, 2023 - 12:00am
It’s been a tough year for Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Felipe Medalla.
Addressing the health care gap
by Iris Gonzales - June 20, 2023 - 12:00am
We give the world our best, so says the controversial ad on that sleek red London bus which featured the Filipina-British nurse who administered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine.
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