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Growing up on the Philippine island of Leyte, Arturo Pacho loved to watch the adults drink coconut wine. Delivering gallon-sized jugs of the potent drink, known locally as “tuba,” always came with little rewards. Sometimes, he’d listen to guerilla vets regale their war stories, or he’d lap up fresh-caught conch in the company of his uncle’s talking green parrot.
“I had to learn what was good tuba because, if there were complaints, I would have to return it,” says Pacho. He spent most of his adult life as an administrator for the City of Los Angeles, but he never stopped thinking about tuba. So, when he retired in 2015, he wrote a book about it,
PLDT, Smart assure availability of services amid Auring threat
Published February 19, 2021 9:53pm PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications have assured the availability of their services amid the threat of Tropical Storm Auring. Earlier today, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council urged residents of flood and landslides-prone areas in Mimaropa, the Visayan Islands, and Eastern Mindanao to prepare for a stormy weekend. Smart said it had activated its Libreng Tawag (free call), Charging (free charging), and Wi-Fi stations in Mindanao, “ready to be deployed at a moment’s notice,” and sent satellite phones to Samar and Panay ahead of Auring’s landfall.