In the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the reality TV show created to produce the next drag superstar, one of the contestants, Ongina, tearfully revealed she was HIV positive. Today we’re talking to Ongina, also known as Ryan Palao, about what it was like to boldly share this intim...

You know you've really got something to be proud of when your school's undergrads beat West Virginia in a drunken stupidity contest. Course, the real rankings that everyone watches out for (and by everyone I think I only mean Jesse Hicks, who taped up a "Girls of the Big 10" calendar up in my cube l...

I got this recipe for sweet and sour sauce more than 10 years ago, from a long-forgotten source. But I have used it for many dishes, and it has been pretty much fool-proof. This is a basic recipe that can be scaled up, and used as a base for dishes. First, I’ll give you the basic recipe, then some...

By Brian Campbell, International Labor Rights Forum Atty. Remigio Saladero, chief legal counsel for the KMU in the Philippines, will be released today by  order of the Philippines Regional Trial Court in Calapan City. Atty. Saladero’s family and friends are on their way to Mindoro now to get him....

Balut. Either you love it or you don't. Me, I love balut. I eat everything but the hard white stone but only if the duck is small and covered in soft egg white (see balut photo). If it looks too large, has feathers and bones that I have to spit out, I pass. Is it a Filipino original or not? I was su...

“I got the game running (sic) on my small 10″ 1.6Ghz Intel Atom based laptop with GMA Intel 945 Chipset.” Thus began the interesting—but unverified—account of Steam user “The Neighbor”, who describes the results of his tweaks as instructed by a Steam forum thread (w...

Too sad for words. From inquirer.net news: Salama said she saw houses near her area reduced to rubbles by the bombs. Five of her children went with her to Manila but one daughter chose to remain in Gaza. “It was a very hard decision to make. I left my sick husband with my other daughter,� said S...

Thousands jammed the streets of Manilla hoping to touch the black statue of Jesus Christ that they believe can deliver miracles....

Image by Jenifer Wofford, from her series Flor de Manila y San Francisco 1973-78 While I was at my parents' for the holidays, I spoke with a friend of the family who had been helping to take care of my grandmother until her death this spring. This woman -- with nearly grown kids -- had just finished...

..then here’s a Filipino recipe worth your time and effort. Just like the steak recipe I shared you, I hope you enjoy the extraordinary taste of this simple dish my friend, Pinky, featured in her blog: Ginataang Kalabasa at Sitaw (Squash and Green Beans in Coconut Milk): Since the usual kalaba...