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Meet my mom, the artisan
My mom, Tita Zamora, has been making stuff with her hands since I can remember. When we were kids she used to decorate our flannel pajamas using Japanese ball-point tubes of textile paint. She did...
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Save the animals! Typhoon survival for your pets
It’s 12 midnight in Pasig. The whole house is sleeping, and the kids don’t know there’s no school tomorrow. To those wondering, it’s not raining here yet. Hard to believe the biggest storm of the year...
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How to win one year’s supply of Royce’ chocolate this season
What if you could have: a) Chocolate-covered Macadamias every single day for the month of July? b) A packet of Potatochip for each day of January? c) A bar of Creamy Milk every single day in September?...
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Tawaran portion
I may have saved a family of seven from super typhoon Yolanda. My former yaya lives in Romblon with her husband and five children. They were the first thing I remembered when I turned on the TV...
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How to donate to the Red Cross
The Philippine Red Cross Fund Generation Department is now accepting donations in cash and in kind for relief of Typhoon Yolanda victims.You can give cash or check to donations through the...
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What happened in Tacloban: the aftermath
My driver’s daughter was in Tacloban yesterday during Typhoon Yolanda. He hasn’t heard from his son yet and I don’t know what to say or how to help him, since lines are down and physically going there...
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Commercial muna! Get rewards with BDO Rewards Program
Consumers always appreciate something in return for their loyalty. I know I do. That’s why rewards programs were created. But sure, it can get frustrating when companies make it difficult for consumers...
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Best Miss Universe reaction: Bed Manila
Remember when Venus Raj made it as a Miss Universe finalist in 2010, and this reaction video of the gay designers’ sleepover became viral?This year, the pageant was held in Russia at 2 AM Manila time....
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My flesh is quivering!!
Forgive me for being excited, but you know we have it bad when Anderson Cooper comes to town.Oh my God!!! My loins are quivering. Anderson, minanahal kita!!Originally published at Chuvaness.com. You...
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POLL: Anderson Cooper or Atom Araullo?
Take Our PollOriginally published at Chuvaness.com. You can comment here or there.
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VIDEO: A looter’s view inside the mess that is Gaisano Mall
When Baguio was struck by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in 1990, I remember hearing US Senator Richard Lugar on TV observing that “the Filipinos are stealing anything that’s not bolted to the ground.” At...
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UNICEF steps up emergency response for children
UNICEF is rushing emergency supplies to areas of the Philippines ravaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda on November 8, as the latest estimates indicate that up to 4 million children could now be affected by...
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Donations accepted! How to help through private citizens
I’m compiling a list of smaller groups collecting donations. Email me chuvaness@me.com if you would like to contribute to this list:Donate in Eastwood for Leyte Marisse Joson is accepting donations in...
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Free text for Eastern Visayas and Northern Cebu mobile users
To help communities severely affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda, the country’s three mobile phone operators—SMART Communications, Globe Telecom, and Sun Cellular—have agreed to provide 25 free SMS per...
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Help Taguig collect donations now for #YolandaPH
The offices of Senator Alan Cayetano and Taguig City Hall headed by Mayor Lani Cayetano will have a five-day Bayanihan RORO mission/relief operations to Visayas and is now accepting donations to fill...
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PHOTOS: What happened in Guiuan
Last Tuesday my dad sent a King Air plane to Guiuan (pronounced “gii-wan”), Eastern Samar to check the conditions there. The 12-seater plane had Nickel Asia’s JB Baylon on board, who brought medicines...
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Donate pre-loved books and toys at Jollibee
When my first son was born, I couldn’t sleep properly because I thought that if I slept, he would die. I woke up several times at night to check if he was breathing.“Don’t worry,” our housekeeper told...
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Lauren Bush creates FEED tee for #YolandaPH
Lauren Bush’s FEED project began in 2006 when the model and activist designed a bag to benefit the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) School Feeding program. As a WFP Honorary Student...
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Dutch DJs support victims of Typhoon Haiyan
DJs Ferry Corsten, Quintino, Blasterjaxx, Dennis Ruyer, Jacob van Hage, Marco V, Sandro Silva, Sied van Riel, Oliver Twizt will be playing at Club Panama in Amsterdam on November 20, 2013 to raise...
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We love you more, Anderson Cooper
Dear Andy, I think I know where you are right now. If I were single with no kids, I might fly out there. But stalking isn’t my thing. Not since Adrien Brody stepped into Manila have I felt this way....
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