A menacing octopus installation made of bamboo strips became a breather to tourists who flocked Lucban, Quezon province. It contrasted with the multihued kiping (rice wafers) adorning most houses on ...

EARLY this month, a friend asked me if I would be visiting any town celebrating the feast of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers and peasants, on May 15. I told him I was going to the ...

Welcome to Pahiyas de Lucban," greeted gracious resident manager Barry Suarez, who takes care of the cozy mountain resort of 20 Spanish villas nestled at the foot of Mt. Banahaw in Quezon Province.

It’s the week after the Lucban fiesta (May 15) and it must be quiet today in this upland Quezon town. I’m not sure if the kiping (rice wafers) shaped into leaves and sometimes fashioned into ...

LUCBAN, Quezon, Philippines—This is one town festival where the stars are not the local beauty queens but docile farm workers—like Santino—who are adored by children. Santino was one of the 25 ...

Singer Zsa Zsa Padilla is obviously enjoying farm life, so much so that she gave her fans a peek into her day at Esperanza Farms, a 5-and-a-half hectare property in Lucban, Quezon which she shares ...

It’s kiping time in the merry Quezon town of Lucban. Kiping are brittle rice wafers used to adorn houses in the town in celebration of the internationally known Lucban Pahiyas Festival honoring San ...

The secret ingredient was Baguio beans. When Salvador “Buddy” Veluz went back to his hometown in Lucban, Quezon province after his father’s demise, he decided to make use of the piece of land owned by ...