After commuting to and from office during my days at the Palace as close-in writer, when my title is consultant but I was expected to punch the bundy clock for time in and out, coming from Quezon City it would usually take me three hours one way to reach my destination. The reasons were simple: hard commute and super traffic jams.

Why job seekers/workers prefer hybrid work setup

Under Governor Felipe Medalla, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has been proving itself sensitive to the small depositors and making good on its vision of inclusion of poor Filipinos who simply cannot afford all the charges and numerous requirements on deposits, transfers and savings imposed by private banks, nay even state banks.

Remove charges/fees on small banking transactions

Even a U.S. television game show ‘Jeopardy’ episode of February 21 used the frequent travels of President Marcos, somewhat jokingly,  which only one of three contestants got correctly.

Marcos’ frequent travels a question in ‘Jeopardy’

At the first mention of granting value added tax refund to foreign tourists and overseas Filipinos, there is already an implied discrimination. Why just them, when domestic tourists who travel from one province or city to the other for pleasure or business are the ones keeping tourism industry afloat.

Why just foreign tourists for VAT refund

Self- preservation is what compels senators to oppose charter change, particularly through the costly  Constitutional Assembly, which they find atrociously repugnant.

Why Senators don’t want chacha

Be it traditional media (meaning newspapers, radio, TV) and social media, the sizzling news these days is about killings of politicians, hazing in fraternities and rising suicides and killings-bullying in schools—private or public. Why so?

  Killings dominate media space

In celebration of Women’s month this March, I would like to use the report published by Business Mirror of the International Labor Organization on its findings about the problems women face in the workplace.

Inflation, abuse, gender gap hound women

Reading newspaper reports of President Marcos bragging that he is now nearing his goal of having rice sold at P20 a kilo, his campaign promise, since rice is now at P25 a kilo I could not help but chuckle. Really, where can we find such low-priced rice in Metro Manila?

Really, rice at P25/kilo, where to buy?

Economists look at economic progress of the country in terms of gross national product, gross nation income, per capita income and other authoritative sounding jargons.

The other look of economic progress

I agree with the inquiry of columnist Cielito Habito, former secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority, about why after four years since the first discovery of the African Swine Fever in the country, still no vaccine has been developed to eradicate this annual plague on our pigs.

After 4 years of ASF, why still no vaccine?

The Bare Truth column by OpinYon News columnist, Rose De La Cruz.

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