We beg to differ.
The provision allowing the United States State Department to ban Filipino nationals found to be “involved” in the “wrongful imprisonment” of Philippine Senator Leila De Lima entry into the US does exist. However, executing it will likely be highly problematic and next to impossible. Stated in the document S. Rept. 116-126 – DEPARTMENT OF STATE,…
Back when the Spanish Conquistadors first set foot on Philippine shores and claimed all in the name of God and the Spanish king, it would have looked like this all made sense. Christianity, after all, was the “good” religion and Western civilisation regarded as a necessary “civilising” force. Europeans saw themselves as burdened by a…
May mga kaibigan akong minasama ang desisyon ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) dahil sa decision nitong magpapasok ng dalawa pang motorcycle taxi services upang kumpetensyahin ang Angkas. Tingin ko, dahil ito sa kagagawan ni Angkas Regulatory and Public Affairs Head George Royeca at ng kasinungalingang pinakalat nito tungkol sa desisyon ng DOTr. Ang sabi niya…
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The whole trouble with any notion of a “Magnitsky Act” regime applied across independent nations is that actually executing its tenets is inherently problematic and will prove extremely difficult. In the case of reported plans of the UK and European Union each implementing their own versions of this Act, the result is likely to be…
Kung makapagdrama si George Royeca ng Angkas pang MMK at KMJS, Kesyo daw mawawalan ng trabaho ang mga Angkas drivers at mananakaw ng kompetisyon ang mga staff nila. Unang-una, hindi sila malalagay sa alanganin kung hindi sinolo at ginawang monopoliya sa loob ng anim na buwan ang motorcycle taxi service. Ito ang dahilang kung kaya…
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Perhaps various posts on social media about the rather unfair situation involving Angkas and other motorcycle taxi services had gotten tot the right ears. Today I was told that our dear Usec. Mark Richmund De Leon had been instructed by Transportation Secretary Art Tugade to tell the public that other motorcycle taxi services would be…
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Leaders of today’s Philippine Opposition will have us believe that democracy is in crisis — even in decline (horrors!) — and, as such, heralding a coming era of doom and gloom for the nation in the coming years. They, of course, attribute this unfortunate prognosis to the government of President Rodrigo Duterte who, since Day…
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Seems like Singaporean motorcycle taxi service Angkas is getting a pretty hefty Christmas bonus. Thanks to good old Santa er Undersecretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure-DOTr Mark Richmund M. De Leon. Apparently our good Undersecretary failed to attend the TWG meeting which would conclude the pilot testing program, thus resulting in the DOTR either allowing…
