Clean streets and accessible sidewalks should be a daily reality for Filipinos, not just a temporary display for foreign visitors.
The temporary ban leaves vendors worried about their daily income.
While the Philippines prepares to host foreign leaders, Diwata Pares workers face surviving weeks without income.
The vendor can be seen sneaking in about a minute of sleep in between cooking and serving tupig early in the morning.
The discovery offered a glimpse of the ingenuity—and physical effort—behind one of the country’s most familiar forms of street vending.
Somewhere along the way, hotcake stopped being one of the undisputed kings of children’s merienda.
Singapore turned street vendors into a thriving hawker centre culture. Could a similar approach give Manila’s smallest food businesses a clearer path to growth?
Street foods are one of the country’s strongest expressions of Filipino identity.
