Every day, 35-year-old BB rides her bicycle from her Quezon City home to her office in Makati. She’s among the roughly 10 million Filipino households using bicycles. A 2023 Social Weather Stations survey shows that 36% of Filipino households rely on bikes for...
On November 19, 2024, four days after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. inaugurated Phase 1 of the LRT-1 South Extension, Mark V. (from Quezon City) took the train from end-to-end, roundtrip. The journey took him about two-and-a-half hours—about the same as his...
The Metropolitan Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study (MMEIRS) predicts this bridges’ scenario in the aftermath of “The Big One” or the 7.2-magnitude earthquake from the West Valley Fault: seven bridges in the metropolis, at the least, will collapse. I In...
Traffic congestion encapsulates the daily challenge of commuters and motorists in the megalopolis that is Mega Manila (Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and Metro Manila), and to a certain extent the mega cities of Cebu and Davao. It reached a point that even a popular...
The Philippines, known for its resilience and warmth, faces a pressing issue: hunger and malnutrition. To combat this pressing challenge, the Philippine National Government, under the leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., has taken decisive action with the...
Hidden within the bustling streets of Metro Manila and other Philippine cities is a crisis: thousands of Filipinos, including families and children, are homeless. They face daily struggles with hunger, exposure to the elements, and the threat of violence. Poverty,...