Going viral last week was the “lugaw” incident at a barangay checkpoint where one lady tanod official lectured a hapless food deliveryman on what are considered “essential” food items.

MANILA, Philippines — Long before this popular rice porridge was denigrated to the level of nonessentials, lugaw has been a staple breakfast fare and even mid-day snack of Filipinos. A warm bowl ...

It's the "lugaw," a kind of plain congee that only requires rice, water, and salt. The simplicity of the ingredients makes it a possibility that the Filipinos of old would have also invented the ...

Lugaw is the traditional Filipino rice porridge. As a dish, lugaw has one of the longest documented histories in the Philippines, dating back to 1613. Because of their close similarities, people ...

What is “essential” in a crisis? Early this week, netizens reacted to a video of a rider who was barred by curfew officers from delivering lugaw. People said—and I’m inclined to agree ...

Like the community pantry for the hungry that Citizen Patricia Non began inauspiciously in her Quezon City neighborhood last April and was immediately duplicated all over the country by inspired ...

MANILA, Philippines — The food delivery crew in the viral “lugaw” incident in San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, has appealed for help after being allegedly “harassed” by two men who ...

JTG’s Lugawan Republic’s Pilugaw—a combination of “sotanghon” and “lugaw” —PHOTOS BY NIÑO JESUS ORBETA JTG’s Lugawan Republic’s Pilugaw—a combination of “sotanghon” and ...