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Top 10 Things To Do On Philippine Independence Day

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It’s the 126th anniversary of Philippine Independence. Boy, we’ve come a long way since the proclamation in 1898!

Here’s a list of “must-do” today if you’re a genuine, true-blooded Filipino:

1. Sing ‘Lupang Hirang’

2. Recite the ‘Panatang Makabayan’

3. Sing along with the ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ hymn on your karaoke machine

4. Recite the ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ pledge

5. Wear something red, white and blue if you are pro-administration. Otherwise, wear yellow if you are Dilawan, and green if you are DDS.

6. Grill some pork liempo and cook some adobo and pancit for lunch. Otherwise, head over to Mang Inasal. They still offer unli rice. Or, you can visit the newly-opened Diwata’s Pares Overload branch in Quezon City.

7. Check out the sales at your favorite mall or department store.

8.Gather your kumpares for a mid-afternoon tagay-tagay. San Mig or Ginebra would be just fine. Don’t forget the sisig pulutan!

9. Gather your kumares for a round of mahjong. Good time for an honest-to-goodness ‘Marites’ session!

10. Cap the day by watching something on Netflix. Or, a Korean telenovela maybe?

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. You’ve survived it!

Government, Social Media, Tourism, Travel

Why Not Make Baguio A Total Walking City?

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In a brilliant stroke of genius, technocrats from a Manny Pangilinan company have devised a foolproof plan to alleviate traffic congestion in Baguio City’s Central Business District (CBD) by slapping a congestion fee on motorists.

Never mind that the CBD isn’t just Session Road, as the keen-eyed folks at Rappler might have you believe; it’s a labyrinth of roads like Magsaysay, Harrison, Abanao, General Luna, Bonifacio, Leonard Wood and more. Charging a fee to enter this vehicular maze will surely clear the streets instantly—of common sense.

But why stop at a congestion fee? Let’s ban private cars and taxis altogether from the CBD. Baguio’s legendary cool weather makes it the perfect walking city. Picture it: citizens striding purposefully through the streets, fitness levels soaring, smog levels plummeting. Residents and tourists alike will soon boast calves of steel, rendering gyms obsolete.

Forget traffic solutions—let’s embrace pedestrian utopia and march our way to a healthier, greener future!

Social Media, Tourism, Travel

An Idiotic “Congestion Fee”In Baguio?

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A company aiming to fix Baguio City’s traffic problem is proposing a congestion fee of P250 or more for motorists every time they enter the city’s central business district.

Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), a company under the Manny Pangilinan group of companies, is a Public Private Partnership initiative looking to reduce traffic in the country’s summer capital through congestion charges and other transport technology solutions.

It is an idiotic idea that would do nothing except to create more congestion and an implementation nightmare.

So are they now going to establish toll gates at the top and bottom of Session Road or entrances to Burnham Park? Would the fee cover a full day or per entry?

Are the proponents so naive to think that traffic congestion only occurs on Session Road or heading to and from SM Baguio? And did they even stop to think that limiting traffic along Session Road would only create more traffic along peripheral roads — from Harrison Street to Magsaysay Avenue to General Luna Road to Abanao Street?

Perhaps it would have been better if the brilliant technocrats thought of altogether banning private cars from going up to Baguio if congestion was their main concern.