Social media stops profiteering in LTO By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE senate hearing last week on the implementation of the Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Center dealt DOTr and LTO a serious blow to their unchecked hubris, arrogance and greed for decades. They were made to eat humble pie, with…
Punchline
Sen. Go needed in Pacquiao’s off-the-ring fight By Al S. Mendoza IT was unfair that the World Boxing Association (WBA) removed Manny Pacquiao as its world super welterweight champion. That was more than a knockout blow. It was immoral. It was unfair. It was against the grain of sports itself. The…
General Admission
Babaylan Feminism: An Imperative for Women Now By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IT is a fact that we owe the advancement of women to those who have worked towards women empowerment through the years. What we owe to ourselves is to retain whatever gains they have made and to contribute…
G Spot
Illegal cellular phone searches By Atty. Farah G. Decano THE advent of digital age ushered in the decline of privacy. Nowadays, we don’t just use the cellular phones to call others. We use these gadgets to purchase items online, do research, listen to music, and check our emails. The…
Andromeda’s Vortex
Remembering Leon Spinks and Muhammad Ali By Jesus A, Garcia Jr. I felt sad upon learning last week that former world heavyweight boxing champ Leon Spinks finally succumbed to prostate cancer last February 8 after his five-year battle to beat it. I still recall the day when the young…
Sports Eye
Your reaction matters more than what happens to you Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.thoughtcatalog.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. ONCE upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life…
Learnings in Life
A rotten egg in the basket? By Leonardo Micua AFTER the mainstream media broke out the good news that President Duterte deferred the implementation of the Child’s Car Seat Law, then recently declaring Private Motor Vehicles Inspection Centers (PVMICs) as being not mandatory, owners of some 12 million vehicles across the country…
Random Thoughts
PMVICs profits vs. COVID-19 pandemic By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Land Transportation Office’s decision to implement its Memorandum Circular 2018-2518 this year in spite of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, is about to wipe out the legacy being worked on by the Duterte administration over the last four…
Punchline
Nobody’s indispensable, not even Magalong By Al S. Mendoza WE are, indeed, a rare breed. We do things in a different way—almost, if not, all of the time. Nobody in the world can explain this yet another Filipino phenomenon. Take the case of Mayor Benjie Magalong of Baguio…
