PIKIT, North Cotabato—A contaminated pastil (steamed rice with minced chicken) reportedly downed a family of five from Pikit, North Cotabato, after eating in a carinderia (eatery) in Kabacan ...

An official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said on Saturday that using pork to make pastil is "culturally insensitive'' amid the growing popularity of the Moro rice ...