Recently, a portion of Pacita Avenue, the main thoroughfare to the Pacita Complex in San Pedro City, Laguna, was closed to all motor traffic due to the construction of an archway next to two major commercial arcades.

'Car-free' days in Laguna, anyone?

No one can deny that we are now living in an “instant” world.

Instant

Ever wonder why, during Holy Week, even radio and television stations operated by non-Catholic networks here in the Philippines go off the air during Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Black Saturday?

A need for silence

I remember what I read in the Reader’s Digest about a non-government organization (NGO) who helps indigent quadriplegics through providing them with free wheelchairs – wheelchairs that are adapted to rough terrain, enabling their beneficiaries to once again go outside and provide for their families.

Can we do away with doleouts?

Some sociologists and concerned Filipinos have lamented in the past that many Filipinos have seen only a few ways out of poverty – and one of them is show business.

Stupidity, in the pursuit of likes?

Recently, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) had decided to clamp down publicly on "politically incorrect" (read: sobrang bastos) statements made by candidates in the run-up to the May 12 midterm elections.

The racism of Filipinos

With the midterm elections less than two months away, Filipinos have plenty of time to consider the platforms and programs of candidates for both national and local positions.

No perfect candidate

Some statistics that we have pointed out earlier in the year: 63 percent of voters in Monday’s election are from the “Millennials” and “Generation Z”: voters aged 18 to 44.


Be disillusioned, but carry on

In the immediate aftermath of the recent midterm elections, I posted this random musing on my social media page: “Looking at the election results (both on the national and local level), doon ka talaga mapapaisip kung dalawang Pilipinas ba ang ginagalawan nating lahat.”

The dangers of polarization

Recently, mobility website Visor posted this on their Facebook page: “An uneducated driver is a dangerous driver.”

Dangerous drivers = dangerous voters

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

(Un)Common Sense

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