HAVE you observed that the traffic and mobility situation these days is worse than before the pandemic? The car-centric approaches that we have applied to alleviate our transportation problems have not worked. Building more roads and bridges for private motor vehicles provides only temporary relief. Because of the phenomenon of induced demand, more roads for cars only attracts further motor vehicle use. Before long, the influx of more vehicles results in worse traffic and pollution. Instead, the focus should be on making public transport, walking and cycling the preferred options for our daily travel (even if it means taking some of the road space away from cars).
President Duterte has always put the interest of the Filipino people foremost in his governance. He would always stress that he was the people’s servant. Perhaps it is that humility, despite being the most powerful man in the country, that has truly endeared him to the Filipino people. He is also
Correctional Institution for Women Twenty-six more persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released from the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City. Those released from Jan. 14 to 28 had either been acquitted of their criminal charges, served their prison terms, or granted
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At one point in its history, the Philippines was the second richest country in Asia. We were only a little behind Japan and way ahead of China.
I do not have a recollection of such time as it was long before I was born, but I hope to see in my lifetime the Philippines reclaim or even s
NBP Twenty-one more persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been released from the minimum-security compound of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. In a statement, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said that among those released last Jan. 8 had completed their jail terms while othe