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...