The balut industry described by Aviles in 1916 was not new. One of the earliest references on the itik raising there dates from 1875, in “Recollections of a voyage to the Philippines,” by the Belgian ...

Growing up, when I saw balut and penoy on the kitchen table, I knew that my mother’s relatives from Pateros had come to visit. Balut and penoy are cooked fertilized duck eggs, the former has a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao will give P100,000 aid to the victims of a fire in Brgy. Sta. Ana in Pateros. Pacquiao met with fire victims, aid ...

In the Visayas, there were entries from Cebu, Dumaguete, Iloilo and Bacolod. In Luzon, there were submissions from Pampanga, Antipolo, Laguna, Cainta and Pateros. There was one from the United States.