In front of the San Pedro Auxiliary Fire Station in Pacita Complex, San Pedro City, is a large lot that, before the Covid-19 pandemic, was used as a bus station. (It’s still used as a terminal in the mornings, by UV Express vans going to Manila.) Since the pandemic, however, it has become a mini-food bazaar of sorts, hosting at least two carinderias and stalls selling street foods like fish ball and kikiam.

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Where’s the Christmas spirit?

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

The last time I remembered a rainy Christmas was in 2019 – incidentally, the year before Covid-19 struck. Of course, for me, it wasn’t exactly a blue day, as my mother and I joined some relatives on a trip to Quezon province to visit a cousin-in-law’s family.

Post-holiday blues

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

Good news: the number of Filipinos falling victim to firecrackers during the New Year is steadily on the decline.

The unbearable noise of motorcycles

In my view, one reason why most of our leaders seem to prioritize short-term welfare programs (such as the controversial AKAP, AICS and all the other dole-out projects ostensibly led by the Department of Social Welfare and Development) is the uncertainty of our political cycle.

What we need are ‘far-thinking’ leaders

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

(Un)Common Sense

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