THE RIGHT MOVE While foreigners are often amazed and even quite perplexed why the Philippines celebrates Christmas for four months starting September, this is still not the most unusual way of celebrating the Christmas season. All around the world, different countries have their unique ways of...
THE RIGHT MOVE RIKKI MATHAY We know that we are finally at the age of post-pandemic – despite the rising cases of Covid the past weeks – when hotels and resorts are fully booked for parties and staycations especially during the holidays. The hospitality industry took a hard blow from the...
THE RIGHT MOVE RIKKI MATHAY The global population exploded from one billion in 1800 to 7.9 billion in 2020 – not even counting the population boom during the pandemic lockdown. Chatting with University of the Philippines president, Atty. Danilo Concepcion or DaniCon as he is better known, I found...
THE RIGHT MOVE With the incessant problem of traffic jams, even car owners have been opting to take the much more convenient car services offered by transport network companies (TNC). In the Philippines, we do not have as many choices as they do in other countries as there are not many TNCs,...
The operation of motorcycle taxis should be legalized to open the industry to more players for the benefit of the commuting public, Grab Philippines stated Thursday, Nov. 24. Grab issued the statement following a House Committee on Metro Manila Development public hearing where regulators, lawmakers...
Motorcycle taxi company Move It told the House Committee on Metro Manila Development during a public hearing Wednesday, Nov. 23 that its deal with Grab Philippines is above board. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) “We are happy to disclose that the acquisition complied with the law, and all...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo is prodding the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to keep a close eye on Grab Philippines' involvement in the motorcycle (MC) taxi sector, saying it could potentially lead to a surge in fare. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson...
Move It has welcomed a Department of Transportation (DOTr) order reconstituting the technical working group (TWG) on motorcycle (MC) taxis, calling it a “win-win” solution for commuters and industry drivers. “The reconstitution of the TWG ensures the continuous operation of MC taxis pending...
THE RIGHT MOVE Rikki Mathay You’ll be surprised with the thousands of cases handled by documentation lawyers just to correct a wrong entry in a legal document. The most common of these is corrections in “sex” found in birth certificates. There are those born male but registered female. ...
THE RIGHT MOVE Gone are the days when there were more women than men in the country. Latest statistics show that “the percentage of female population is 49.8 percent compared to 50.2 percent male population” or that’s 55.74 million males and 55.31 million females in the Philippines. More and...
THE RIGHT MOVE As face-to-face classes have recently resumed in nearly all schools in the Philippines, the issue of bullying and teen suicide have become hot topics in various chat groups as incidents of student suicide attempts have been recently reported in schools due to bullying, albeit school...
THE RIGHT MOVE Philippine dentistry has come a long way since the early Filipinos had been practicing a crude version of dentistry pre-Spanish colonization in the 1500s. In fact, dental tourism has been a booming industry with foreigners and balikbayans choosing the Filipino dentists’ world-class...
