George Banez, Ph.D.

Fortunately, nobody could read my mind, especially when I am hungry.   “Just order something, anything, I’m paying!”  I grumbled with my mouth shut.  I saw stars swirling as I listened to the back-and-forth chatter between the China-born owner waiting…

I ran the words through my mind as I taught the class.  The polite Japanese translation of  “today is my last day, I quit” scrolled across my forehead like a TV news ticker.   The words streamed as fast as…

“This cooking competition streams globally. I feel like the time and platform have come to showcase Filipino dishes that have yet to hit mainstream.”   Bohol-born Rex Alba said. “I wanted to show Filipino grit and our resilience under pressure.…

The Science and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), establishing a sense of urgency, deployed scientific analysis to set priorities to guide the investment of newly replenished funds allocated to solve our persistent and worsening global environment woes. At the Global Environment…