It’s been a week since heavy rains have pummeled Laguna province, Metro Manila and nearby provinces, and yet there’s one aspect of this awful deluge that no one seems to want to talk about.

The economic costs of flooding

Filipinos, it has been pointed out by numerous studies, are one of the heaviest consumers of social media in the world.

Get off your social media comfort zone

If you see your friends suddenly disappearing from your social media feed (as in they’re deactivating their accounts or did not post for long periods of time), we often tend to assume the worst.

Disconnecting

“When we say ‘I just want a politician who tells me like it is,’ we should specify that that politician should not be a total f***ing monster.”

The thin line between authenticity and a**holery

I used to wonder (and still do) how the heck Filipinos in the 1980s managed to mass together, set aside their differences and rally together against the dictator. Given the challenges of the period, I am pretty sure that the will of those who aspired of a better tomorrow is much, much greater.

Setting aside our political differences

One pledge of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. in his latest State of the Nation Address (SONA) is the revival of the iconic “Love Bus” and making it a free service for Metro Manila commuters.

Reviving the iconic Love Bus

I remember watching way back in 2016 this episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” about how local journalism in the United States faced increasing challenges due to declining revenue and readership, not to mention the rise of fake news and social media.

Local media is still vital

Why don’t we convert the Philippine National Railways’ (PNR) right-of-way to bicycle lanes?

PNR bike lanes, anyone?

Flood control, flood control, flood control. That has been the biggest issue the nation has been talking about last week.

Flood control (or the lack of it) in Laguna

I couldn’t help but shake my head at the latest directive of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and its attached agencies to (once again) strictly enforce the “no siksikan” rule on public transport.

The root of ‘siksikan’ in public transport

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

(Un)Common Sense

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