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Facing Manila’s traffic hell: Access to public transport is a right, owning a car is but a privilege

Posted on February 21, 2014 By Kate Natividad 50 Comments on Facing Manila’s traffic hell: Access to public transport is a right, owning a car is but a privilege
Facing Manila’s traffic hell: Access to public transport is a right, owning a car is but a privilege

And so here we are, helplessly facing a future of traffic hell as all these road constructions start. To think we all raised a royal tantrum over Dan Brown’s describing Manila as the “gates of hell” in his book Inferno. What have Metro Manila’s residents done to deserve this? Well, quite simply nothing. They did…

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Development, Government, Lifestyle

Ban on provincial buses on Metro Manila roads made commuting a living hell

Posted on August 8, 2013 By Ilda 47 Comments on Ban on provincial buses on Metro Manila roads made commuting a living hell
Ban on provincial buses on Metro Manila roads made commuting a living hell

They say nothing dies harder than a bad idea. That saying is nowhere truer than in the Philippines where bad ideas replace one bad idea after another. What’s worse is that the bad ideas often come from government agencies that affect millions of Filipinos and make their lives a living hell. No wonder international best…

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Development, Government, Politics

Expanded Manila vehicle reduction scheme continues to penalize law-abiding private motorists

Posted on July 10, 2013 By benign0 24 Comments on Expanded Manila vehicle reduction scheme continues to penalize law-abiding private motorists
Expanded Manila vehicle reduction scheme continues to penalize law-abiding private motorists

It wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to predict the response the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will get if it extends the proposed expansion of the ‘number coding scheme’ to the city’s privately-operated public utility vehicles (PUVs). Under Metro Manila’s current Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), vehicles ending in any one of two license…

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Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Society

Is it a fact that Filipino souls ‘lead to the gates of heaven’ because Paulo Coelho says so?

Posted on May 26, 2013 By benign0 26 Comments on Is it a fact that Filipino souls ‘lead to the gates of heaven’ because Paulo Coelho says so?
Is it a fact that Filipino souls ‘lead to the gates of heaven’ because Paulo Coelho says so?

Manila residents, reeling from a recent panning of their beloved city by bestselling The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown in his latest book Inferno, have found solace in the words of another bestselling author Paulo Coelho. Coelho came to the defense of Filipinos’ capital city tweeted… Dear filipinos, your souls lead to the gates…

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