The Marcos administration is championing projects like the EDSA Greenways (elevated pedestrian walkways) and bike lanes already set up in cities like Kalibo, Laoag, and San Fernando-Pampanga. The EDSA Busway and bus rapid transit systems in Cebu and Davao aim to provide commuters with efficient and eco-friendly alternatives to private vehicles. In July 2024, the Marcos government partnered with Japan …

While cities like Paris, Madrid and Athens plan to ban diesel vehicles, and countries like Norway are phasing out conventional cars in favor of electric vehicles (EVs), the Philippine government is pioneering EV use. Under President Marcos’s directive, at least 10% of government fleets are set to transition to EVs. Current infrastructure includes 384 electric PUVs, 7,515 registered EVs, and …

The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through its Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (SAICT), is cracking down on illegal transportation operations in a major push for safer, legitimate public transport this holiday season.  The intensified campaign yielded significant results. Recent operations by SAICT’s Special Operations Group (SOG) netted seven colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Metro Manila’s northern and …

Apparently, the quality component in the current lineup to the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival has improved compared to the selection in the past editions when critics and non-critics alike—which included this writer as an ordinary moviegoer—would complain about the poor quality of some of the entries. In the present eclectic menu, the films are indeed proudly festival worthy. Not …

Although Madam Suzette Arandela is a well-known feng shui expert and psychic of well-rounded possibilities in government, economy, ecology, religion, sports etc., she is also a popular seer about the entertainment field. Her multimedia appearances reveal her penchant for predicting events to happen this Year of the Wooden Snake which will commence on January 29, 2025. In showbiz, Madam Suzette …

How is it reimagining in a film the Philippine entertainment export to Japan in the 1980s and 1990s when the Japanese government was open to Filipino entertainers performing in the House of the Rising Sun? And how is it if the narrative involves Filipino transgenders? Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Brillante Ma. Mendoza immediately replied to the query. “Napakakulay ng mga karanasan …

Finally, the Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Grand Winner in Full-Length Play, “Ang Bangkay” (2012) penned by Vince Tanada is now on the big screen. Aside from initial previews done two years ago, there was a limited special screening of the film held four days before Christmas Day last year at the Blackbox Theater of Philstagers Foundation in Calabash Road …

Will Lyel Rhemeia L. Mahusay jump into the bold bandwagon at 14? “Naku, baka hindi po payagan ng kanyang mga magulang (Oh! Her parents might not allow),” said Mar Arvin Agcaoili Bago, Lyel’s mentor. Her photo shows the young girl’s temerity to don a sexy attire. That’s only in a photoshoot. Mahusay loves dancing, modeling and acting. (Boy Villasanta)

By Rose de la Cruz In the days leading to Christmas and New Year, I never saw, read or heard any prohibition against fireworks, which is why it did not surprise me that on New Year’s eve, I saw powerful and deafening fireworks being blasted in the air and land, which cause the poor air quality in Manila. It is …