DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Thirty-six years after the EDSA People Power Revolution is a good time to think about the freedoms that bloodless revolution won for the Filipinos. I had lived through the martial law years and I know what freedoms we lost then. That’s why my husband and...
A member of K-pop boy band Pentagon suffered an injury after his car was hit by a drunk driver in South Korea on Feb. 9. Yeo One, 25, has temporarily stopped his activities after he suffered a back injury when a drunk driver hit the car he was riding in. Cube Entertainment released a statement on...
Citing the ever-present threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez prodded the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to get rid of its eight-hour long driving education test requirement for driver's license renewals. (Ryotando Ag/...
Passengers onboard Renault's EZ Ultimo autonomous concept car. The Metaverse on the go Naturally, the metaverse is a multi-sensory experience. It’s not something we can do passively. As such, being present in the metaverse while on the go will require the development of another technology,...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares I’ve been with the Manila Bulletin for more than half of my life, and I’m still learning new things in the changing landscapes of media. I’ve enjoyed the lessons of change, many times trying to understand new technology, sometimes resisting it, and...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Many people have found their routines completely changed by the now-standard-act of going into isolation after getting exposed to a person who tests positive for COVID-19. It may sound like a break or a holiday to some, a work-from-home arrangement to...
PLDT Home is expected to be a major driver for the telco giant’s revenues this year as it launches additional products, according to Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan. Already, PLDT Home has connected over 800,000 households to date, supporting both work-from-home and online learning in the...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares As relief efforts — the delivery of food and essential items packages — continue, the programs to rebuild houses and restore livelihood in communities have already started at the headquarters of the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) in Bacolod City....
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Today is a good day to start a promise – to do at least one act of random kindness. It can be an act of generosity, like paying for the purchase of a poor old person in a drug store. It can be an act to give joy, like buying a can of ice cream for a family...
Inspect your car and drive safely With the holiday season ahead of us, many are now getting ready to get back on the road for that much-awaited road trip with family and friends. And because we have been cooped up at home for the last two years, it is imperative to take time to check our vehicles...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares It’s not the ideal time to do a long road trip but if you have to visit the family patriarch, it is the ideal way with today’s limited travel restrictions that require minimal travel documents. We opted to drive to Bacolod City from Quezon City weeks...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Camping, once the outdoor activity sought only by adventurers, has become popular among families, many of them first-timers. Once upon a time in elementary and high school, boys and girls scouts went through some form of camping like a growing-up rite. ...
