Where’s the Christmas spirit?

“Wala namang nagbabago – bakit pa tayo boboto?”

Your vote counts – literally

Congressmen have, in the past, repeatedly filed bills that would ban the purchase of private vehicles unless prospective car-owners can prove that they have space to park them.

Wala nang maparkingan

In the wake of severe tropical storm Kristine, the issue of flood-control projects has loomed very large on social media.

Why don’t we welcome inconvenience?

I don’t know whether the “Kalendariong Tagalog ni Don Honorio Lopez” is still being produced today, but old-timers may be familiar with this calendar that, for decades, was a staple of Filipino life. (I checked, and it’s still being sold on online shopping sites like Lazada.)

Early advice to voters, from the past

Last year, I wrote in this column about how local government units (LGUs) have become “Santa Clauses” of sorts every Christmas season, partly due to their now-ubiquitous “Pamaskong Handog” drives.

On LGUs’ Christmas gifts

Where do we draw the line at “reserving” slots in public spaces?

Culture of ‘reservation’

A few days ago, I was walking along the United area in San Pedro City in the early evening rush hour when, out of nowhere, a man sitting on a motorcycle and wearing the uniform of a well-known ride-hailing app called me out.

Traffic has spilled over to Laguna

Who can remember the time when what is now the Robinsons Galleria South Mall was once a major bottling plant? Or when what is now a major grocery chain at the San Pedro-Muntinlupa boundary was once a paper factory?

Vanishing landmarks

It was a surprise for all of us here at OpinYon Media Advocacies when our publisher, Mr. Ray Junia, suddenly decided to file his certificate of candidacy (COC) for representative of Leyte’s 1st congressional district last Friday, October 4. (Editor’s note: Mr. Junia later withdrew his candidacy a few days later.)

Reviving a ‘dying democracy’

The (Un)Common Sense column by OpinYon News columnist, James Veloso.

(Un)Common Sense

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