POSITIVELY FILIPINO is the premier digital native magazine celebrating the story of the global Filipino. The POSITIVELY FILIPINO online magazine chronicles the experiences of the global Filipino in all its complexity, providing analysis and discussion about the arts, culture, politics, media, sports, economics, history and social justice.
Stories from past generations retell that these 17th century wheat cookies introduced by Spain to the Philippines were stored in large jars and fed as a curative cookie to those who were sick with a healing prayer annually, on September 10th, the feast of San Nicolas de Tolentino.
Read MoreThe author contends that most Filipino Muslims are too secularly practical to fall for the likes of ISIS and the Taliban.
Read MoreYoung Filipino chess wiz’s quest for the world championship is a rollercoaster ride.
Read MoreA sweet, sticky rice snack is part and parcel of the author’s memory of her hometown.
Read MoreThe scent of burnt banana leaves and sweet coconut floated through the air and I saw tupig was being sold by street vendors. Tupig are thin, long, log-shaped kakanin wrapped in banana leaves. They are made of coconut, sugar, sweet rice grains soaked overnight, molasses and rice flour.
Read MoreThe Philippines’ world renowned Madrigal Singers is on a world tour, singing for peace in these times.
Read MoreAuthor retires in Cebu because “it’s more pun.”
Read MoreIf you’re ever in Cagayan, you simply must visit and dine at Hapag-Kainan sa Ballesteros.
Read MoreBeing located in an Ilocano town, it is not a surprise that the most popular dishes at Hapag-Kainan sa Ballesteros have Ilocano origins like dinakdakan (boiled and grilled pig parts).
Read MoreA resolute enemy of the Marcos dictatorship passes on.
Read MorePOSITIVELY FILIPINO is the premier digital native magazine celebrating the story of Filipinos in the diaspora. POSITIVELY FILIPINO online magazine chronicles the experiences of the global Filipino in all its complexity, covering the arts, culture, politics, media, sports, economics, history and social justice. Based in San Francisco, California, POSITIVELY FILIPINO magazine is your window on the Filipino diaspora.
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