As for the name, the new dish was christened such when a train happened to chug by from the Paco Railway Station that was nearby. The train's name? "Bicol Express." Most of the Bicol Express dishes ...

For Bicolanos, the reawakening of the once-silent tracks means so much more than an additional means of travel between the capital and their hometowns. NAGA CITY, Philippines – The Bicol Express is ...

From spicy foods to spicy words, Bikolanos have a way of switching up to an entirely different set of words in moments of strong emotion. Your pet cat, once called ikós, is now kurasmág, and eating ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Railways (PNR) is undertaking new construction work for the revival of the Bicol line, indicating that the project is still on track despite uncertainty ...

It was the summer of 1964 and I had just completed my third year of elementary education. My parents bundled us up – the entire caboodle of six kids with me as the eldest – and two aunts who served as ...

MANILA, Philippines — A plan to revive the Bicol Express is still uncertain as China, the supposed financier of the project, is yet to decide whether it will lend P142 billion to the Philippines. This ...

The Bicol Express, a passenger train service that plies the Manila-Bicol route, remains suspended as of October 2019 Claim: The website netizensalert.sk claimed in the headline of its article dated ...

MANILA, Philippines - State-run Philippine National Railways (PNR) is set to revive the 422-kilometer Bicol Express train service in September or almost two years after its operations was suspended ...

Salty. Funky. Creamy. Spicy. That’s the flavor combo that defines Bicol Express… and honestly? Nothing else hits like it.

The storied “Bicol Express” train has returned to the land of Mayon Volcano, five years after a supertyphoon battered the Bicol region and damaged vital bridges and stretches of railroad leading to ...