ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Hello inmates! Looks like we are back where it all began – ECQ – otherwise referred to as lockdown season 3, the Delta variant, fortified with face shields and fake news. This is considered the most dangerous wave, not only because it’s more transmissible, but...
What President Duterte should have selected as his swan song in his last State of the Nation Address was to call for national discipline, particularly the strict enforcement of traffic rules and regulations which are being flouted and ignored by both motorists and commuters, and which has become a...
The mission to realize a 12-minute travel time between the business hubs in the cities of Taguig and Pasig continues as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is looking to complete the entire BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road by the third quarter of the year. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH)...
Due to the increasing demand for COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines, Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian has announced that Beijing will donate more to increase the country's vaccine supply. Huang made this announcement in his remarks during the inauguration of the China-funded...
A five-kilometer diversion road traversing Rosales, Pangasinan will soon be accessible to motorists headed to other parts of eastern Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Vizcaya. NEW LINKAGE--A five-kilometer diversion road in Pangasinan dubbed the Carmen East-West Diversion Road will soon offer a...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo I am writing this column as we prepare for the inauguration of the Pantaleon-Estrella Bridge this July 29 — a project bombarded by criticism and fake news since it started construction in January, 2019. I remember announcing the closure, dismantling and transfer of...
Six national roads that were affected by the southwest monsoon rains remained either closed and hardly passable Tuesday, July 27, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. Busa Bridge along Baguio-Bontoc Road in Sabangan, Mt. Province (Photo courtesy of the DPWH-CAR) Two national...
Seven national road sections remained closed to traffic Monday afternoon, July 26, due to flooding, rock fall, and landslide caused by the heavy downpour enhanced by the southwest monsoon. The Busa Bridge along Baguio-Bontoc Road in Sabangan, Mt. Province. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH-CAR) The...
Just before President Duterte's final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) boasted on social media its growing list of accomplishments for the past five years of the administration. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade (Ali Vicoy / File...
NLEX coach Yeng does not want to put too much thought into Kiefer Ravena's departure as the prized guard is set to suit up for the Shiga Lakestars in Japan B. League soon. NLEX guard Kiefer Ravena drives past Ginebra's Scottie Thompson (PBA) Ravena has been given the green light by the PBA on...
Photo from PBA Jericho Cruz and JR Quinahan presided over a searing fourth-quarter assault as NLEX nipped returning Terrafirma 108-94, to regain its winning ways in the 46th PBA Philippine Cup Sunday night at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Cruz and Quinahan combined for 17 in a telling 23-9...
It’s the accomplishment of 6.5 million Filipino workers TRAVERSING CAGAYAN RIVER Pigalo Bridge in Angadanan, Isabela (Wilzon Valdez for DPWH) Build, Build, Build has been the target of fake news, trolls, and critics. They have tried to redefine it far from its scope — and in their “proud,...
