Former Metro Rail Transit (MRT 3) General Manager Al Vitangcol III has posted bail from three counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan. Vitangcol on Friday paid P90,000, or P30,000 each, for his three counts of violations of the Anti-Graft…
A Quezon City court has ordered a 20-day suspension of the implementation of a Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) order permitting the app-based ride-sharing companies Uber and GrabCar to operate in Metro Manila. Judge Santiago Arenas…
Two years after figuring in a viral YouTube video showing her playing on a slot machine in an unnamed casino, which reportedly prompted President Benigno Aquino III to show her the door as Land Transportation Office (LTO)…
A long weekend had passed, a time to catch up with rest and family time for some like me, and a more active fun time for those much younger. However, the protest rally of the Iglesia ni…
TRAVEL BROADENS the mind; for the Filipino tourist or scholar or worker abroad, it must also deepen the misery of being Filipino. Do not get me wrong; Filipinos are a famously happy people, with an extraordinary capacity…
WHO IS this middle-aged car dealer belonging to a powerful religious group who has zoomed his way up as the go-to supplier of exotic cars and fancy SUVs since businessman Alberto Lina took over Sunny Sevilla’s seat…
MANILA, Philippines —Ordinary motorists are not the only ones annoyed by kotong (Filipino slang for bribe) enforcers. Even a former police chief and senator is. Former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson turned to Twitter on Tuesday to express his disgust over some traffic enforcers who he…
MANILA, Philippines–The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has dismissed three traffic constables from the service while 23 others were suspended for their involvement in irregularities, including extortion. “We will continue to eliminate the rotten eggs from our…
MANILA, Philippines—Do you have an extortion complaint against a traffic constable of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)? Soon, you can take it to one of their 24/7 “roadside courts.” MMDA Chair Francis Tolentino announced plans to…
One unit of the extremely limited-edition supercar LaFerrari, of only 499 to be produced, will soon arrive in the country. The owner? A politician from the North. The LaFerrari is dubbed the company’s most ambitious road…
