Author: Rhod Tecson

Months after the opening and immediate closure of the most controversial superstructure project in Iloilo, the Ungka Flyover and the hiring of a third-party consultantancy firm to investigate what caused the displacement of the pier, the verdict is finally out.

Last week, we celebrated Mother’s Day and its heartwarming to see families dining together with their moms and postings on social media celebrations and surprises with their mothers. The sight though made me feel melancholic. It’s been almost a decade now since I lost my only consolation in everything I do in a car accident

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) inventory of plastic license cards is running low with only 147,000 cards left and is expected to be exhausted by the end of this month. The agency will be printing the temporary driver’s licenses at the back of the official receipts and is expecting holders to take care of the paper license until the plastic cards are made available.

The anti-illegal drugs campaign of the government has reached another milestone recently when Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos presented in a news conference a CCTV footage showing several police officers and operatives transferring packages of alleged “shabu” to another vehicle during a raid conducted which yielded an approximate P6.7 billion worth of illegal drugs.

Last week, I discussed in this column the actual situation at the roll on-roll off (RORO) terminals both in Dumangas Seaport and BREDCO in Bacolod City.