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The future scientists

by Chit U. Juan - July 27, 2024 - 12:00am

I recently met a group of five high school students who belong to a local science high school. I have been apprised of how difficult it is to become a science scholar, whether local or national, and this is why I...

Saving the world

by Chit U. Juan - July 20, 2024 - 12:00am

I was invited to a conference in Cebu for USAID’s Project Inspire and was indeed inspired by how NGOs have helped Indigenous People (IPs), fisherfolk and forest dwellers through the Gerry Roxas Foundation,...

Train like an athlete

by Chit U. Juan - July 13, 2024 - 12:00am

If we cannot train our youth to be soldiers because we had removed the CAT or Citizens Army Training from the curriculum, then maybe we should train everyone to be athletes.

Scout’s honor

by Chit U. Juan - July 6, 2024 - 12:00am

I remember wearing the signature green uniform of the Girl Scouts every Monday back in high school. We also had patches or badges on our sleeves for having done some special task or acquiring a new skill.

National Food Showdown

by Chit U. Juan - June 29, 2024 - 12:00am

Last year around October and November, Chef Myrna Segismundo gathered friends in the hospitality industry to be judges at her four- or five-leg National Food Showdown (NFS). The locations were Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod,...

Young and hopeful

by Chit U. Juan - June 22, 2024 - 12:00am

I recently learned about the Young Farmers Challenge, a project of the Department of Agriculture to encourage youth 18-30 years old to think about “farm to table.

Easy diets

by Chit U. Juan - June 15, 2024 - 12:00am

It is never easy to go on a diet, yet we can find hacks or what they now refer to as “secret tips” of successful dieters.

Slow Food youth

by Chit U. Juan - June 8, 2024 - 12:00am

Before you think this column is about slow learners, let me bring back the idea about Slow Food and its principles – good, clean and fair food.

Food and plastic

by Chit U. Juan - June 1, 2024 - 12:00am

I wish I could choose a better title but I was really shocked when I found out about microplastics and how they have gotten into our food.

Is paper better than plastic?

by Chit U. Juan - May 25, 2024 - 12:00am

I drink my favorite fruit tea from a paper cup rather than its usual plastic container if I had bought it outside Makati.

The walk of life

by Chit U. Juan - May 18, 2024 - 12:00am

I have heard about people who have done the Camino twice, three times, sometimes even going the whole 800 kilometers on the Camino Frances and upon reaching Santiago, going back to the origin, which is St. Jean du...

A chef’s laboratory

by Chit U. Juan - May 11, 2024 - 12:00am

We had the good fortune of trying Filipino ingredients as presented by a very progressive chef and his team one summer evening..

Retirement – the last mile?

by Chit U. Juan - May 4, 2024 - 12:00am

When people reach the age of retirement, oftentimes they think about their nest egg or what they can live on for the next decade or so. Imagine working for 50 years, then not knowing what to do for the next 10 or...

The breakfast ritual

by Chit U. Juan - April 27, 2024 - 12:00am

Many people I know skip breakfast.

The coffee dreamers

by Chit U. Juan - April 20, 2024 - 12:00am

I just met a newly married couple in their late 20s, who asked to be briefed about coffee farming.

Give me some air

by Chit U. Juan - April 13, 2024 - 12:00am

One will never know what asthma is all about until you get asthma.

It’s Filipino Food Month 2024

by Chit U. Juan - April 6, 2024 - 12:00am

After last month’s celebration of Women’s Month, we are off to the next big event to toast local food.

The inevitable flight

by Chit U. Juan - March 23, 2024 - 12:00am

I got a surprise message from my niece Riva Galvez-Tan who wrote a guide or manual on “Your Inevitable Flight,” a pre-departure manual.

Survival – the Ivatan way

by Chit U. Juan - March 16, 2024 - 12:00am

The Ivatans are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the Batan islands – Batanes and Babuyan islands in the northernmost Philippines.

A women’s center

by Chit U. Juan - March 9, 2024 - 12:00am

TVET — technical, vocational education and training – is a very important sector in equipping and employing a nation’s people.

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