DEPENDING on which industry player was going to benefit from it, the government’s long-awaited, three-years-in-the-making Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) has received mixed reactions. As expected, the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc., (CAMPI) welcomed…
There are more pressing reasons why this country has become the new stomping grounds for hundreds of thousands of new metal beasts. Six months down. Six more to go. We’re at a point when analysts can see…
The first half of 2015 was an eventful, confidence-boosting episode for the Philippine automotive industry. First, there was the release of the long-awaited Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) by the Department of Trade and Industry in March.…
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Philippines — A member of the all-male group Masculados Dos who was shot dead in a carjacking incident in Angono, Rizal early on Sunday might have known his assailants, police said. Marcelo “Ozu” de…
Throughout human history, necessity has driven invention and innovation. With public transportation virtually destroyed at the end of World War II, enterprising Filipinos modified the surplus Willys and Ford military jeeps to develop a public transport system.…
No nine lives for this one. It was a day of nerves at the Quezon City government’s earthquake drill on Thursday. Minutes before the drill started at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City Thursday, a…
There’s some interesting talk in the cleverly satisfying script of “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” about the element of luck. As in: How much is luck a factor in the success of Ethan Hunt and his IMF…
Can Metro Manila’s traffic woes ever disappear?” The National Academy of Science and Technology asked me that question at its 36th Annual Scientific Meeting on July 9. For harassed Metro Manila commuters, it is a question begging…
Toyota Motor Co. has launched the second-generation Fortuner SUV in Thailand and Australia. The new Fortuner was designed in Australia, while Thailand will be its main production base. The new car promises higher levels of refinement, better…
SINGAPORE–Almost every passenger who takes her taxi wonders why Annie Lim, an attractive 41-year-old, drives a taxi for a living. Some have asked her: With your youthful looks and long hair, might you not fare better in…
