#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal By the time you’ll read this, I’ll be on the road somewhere in Mindanao. I’ll be continuing on the journey to get as many people to register as voters, before the deadline of September 31, 2021. The advocacy to get people to register as voters is...
Troy Rosario (Photo from FIBA) The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is refusing to dwell on the lack of PBA players taking part in Gilas Pilipinas’ preparation for next month’s final window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers. Only six PBA players are taking part in the ongoing training bubble at...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Voter education is something I’ve been pushing for, even after retiring from Comelec in February, 2011. It sometimes feels like a lonely road, as voter education becomes “sexy” only when election approaches. However, the need to hammer to the public the...
Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal #ASKGOYO By this time, you’ve probably already done your new year’s resolution. Eat less, exercise more, lose weight, etc. By now, unfortunately many will already have broken their new year’s resolution. Promising to start again next year. It seems it’s a...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal 2020.. WOW!! What a year. What. A. Year. I can’t even begin to describe how crazy the year 2020 was. It was when the lives of billions of people were turned upside down. 2020 seemed like every day was a new challenge for us...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal I wrote a while ago about the seeming disconnect between offices and officials in government. How some offices and officials issue contradictory statements and orders. How the country missed several opportunities to help make things better in this pandemic,...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Last week, an announcement was made that face shields are now mandatory for everyone when outside your home. Yes, while some countries are now vaccinating their citizens, and other countries are in the process of developing vaccines, the Philippines is at the...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal In Luzon, there are two tollway operators. Both use an RFID (radio-frequency identification) toll-collection system in their expressways. Autosweep RFID is used at Skyway, SLEX, NAIAX, STAR Tollway, MCX, and TPLEX. Easytrip RFID is used at NLEX, SCTEX,...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal The history of cyclotourism or cycle tourism began at the start of the 20th century with the emerging youth movement which popularized cycle touring. Added to this was the popularity of cycle racing and the growth of recreational cycling...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal The province of Catanduanes is one of six provinces comprising Region V, known as the Bicol Region. On October 26, 1945, President Sergio Osmeña signed the law creating the province. Based on the 2015 census, the province has about 260,000 residents and is...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Last week, we drove to Isabela province up north. We had a convoy to deliver goods and supplies which family and friends pooled together to help those affected by Typhoon Ulysses. The main roads to Isabela are passable, and I saw relief convoys on the way to...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Typhoon Ulysses left a trail of destruction over a large area of Luzon. It could not have come at a worse time, with several provinces still reeling from several typhoons that hit the country, the latest of which was supertyphoon Rolly. In a span of about a month,...
