• PinoyCentric welcomes the first week of December with another sweet treat from Chef Nouel Omamalin: the tropical knackerli.
• Danton Remoto and J. Neil Garcia launch the third installment of Ladlad, the best-selling anthology of gay writing. Plus: Listen to an audio clip of Ronald Bayta reading his poem, “La Puta del Mundo.”
• Early this week, our NGO friends in Mindanao held the 2nd People’s Organizations Festival on Community Initiatives and Best Practices. The event is an opportunity for civil society groups working in the conflict-ridden areas of South-Central Mindanao to share information, technologies, and strategies.
• Actress Iza Calzado and Taiwanese singer Ken Chu are adopted as Ivatans during the press preview for their recent film Batanes.
• A Filipina now based in the Netherlands writes about her visit to Montserrat.
• Food and other fabulous finds at the Saturday market in Ortigas. Part II appears here.
• “There is no electricity in Batanes.” Fact or fiction? Many more debunked myths corrected here.
• Rock band Journey finds its new lead singer–a Pinoy–on YouTube.

Photo: “Baleleng” by Farl
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