About Ralph

Ralph Guzman / / Foodie A Filipino Food Blogger based in Manila, Philippines Winner, 2011 Philippine Blog Awards - Food & Beverage Category

Hotline Numbers for Northern Luzon Typhoon Victims

OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE EUGENE G. CABRERA Director, OCD Region I 072-2427624 072-7004747 CHITO CASTRO OIC, ODC Region II 078-8441630 078-8441631 NERI G AMPARO Director, OCD Region III 045-4551145     045-4550564 OLIVE LUCES Officer in Charge,  OCD CAR 074-4449627 074-4445298 Continue reading Hotline Numbers for Northern Luzon Typhoon Victims

A Most Inspiring TV Commercial for These Trying Times

If you haven’t seen it, I’m posting it here. My good friend, Fr. Mon Bernal gave me the tip about this well-produced Pantene shampoo commercial in Thailand. Although I am not plugging or endorsing the shampoo brand, I do appreciate Continue reading A Most Inspiring TV Commercial for These Trying Times

RALPHGUZMAN.ORG at the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards!

Note: ratedralph.com is now my official website. When I decided to leave the mainstream media in 2008, I was set to venture into new avenues of growth in a different industry.  But one thing’s for sure: I did not want  Continue reading RALPHGUZMAN.ORG at the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards!

Ask Ralph: How do you help a wrist-cutting friend?

Friends enrich our lives and we love them.  But how do we deal with friends who are depressed and may even have a psychiatric condition?  That is the concern of our friend from Selangor, Malaysia. The person chooses to be Continue reading Ask Ralph: How do you help a wrist-cutting friend?

How to Prepare for Disasters and Calamities

To say that Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng are eye-openers is an understatement.  Nevertheless, the two typhoons do underscore the fact that both government and the public need to be prepared for any disaster. As a former television reporter, I saw Continue reading How to Prepare for Disasters and Calamities