If you’re a frequent motorist passing through the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) near the Calamba Toll Plaza (which is now undergoing demolition), chances are you’ll be familiar with the giant billboards advertising not products or services but politicos, both local and national.

More nonsensical party-lists?

Hanggang saan handang magpakamatay at magpaka-ogag ang ilan sa ating mga kababayan para lang sa “30 seconds of fame”?

‘Forda content’

“Wala namang nagbabago – bakit pa tayo boboto?”

Your vote counts – literally

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

Urban planners and architects like Jun Palafox have long lamented the fact that the needs of pedestrians are often sidelined or ignored when it comes to designing buildings, roads and other infrastructures.

Are our streets walkable?

Every motorist and commuter who passes by the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) knows that heavy traffic is nothing new – or heavy flooding, for that matter.

Just one more lane?

A month or so ago, I raised in this column concerns regarding the growing cracks on the pavement at the southern approach of the San Pedro City Bridge.

Wala man lang ginawa?

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

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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