‘Simbang Gabi’ goes global as PH export
By Philip C. Tubeza
Now you don’t have to be in the Philippines to experience the age-old tradition of Simbang Gabi and the iconic food that comes with it—bibingka and puto bumbong (native rice cakes).

Now you don’t have to be in the Philippines to experience the age-old tradition of Simbang Gabi and the iconic food that comes with it—bibingka and puto bumbong (native rice cakes).

Aleli Arroyo is not the legal wife of the late Negros Oriental Representative Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo whose body is scheduled to arrive on Friday evening from London, following an agreement between three parties claiming custody of the body, according to lawyer Leonard de Vera.
Police have arrested in an entrapment operation a 28-year-old woman who allegedly duped her former American lover of some P1.7 million cash supposedly intended for repairs on a house that turned out to be nonexistent.
Remarriages are commonly looked upon as fraud in immigration circles. A letter emailed to me by a reader raises this concern: “I came here (US) on a tourist visa and I was able to change my status to H1B. My wife at the time was given an H4 visa. Before my visa expired our relationship [...]