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3 Cost Effective Ways to Solve Metro Manila's Traffic Problem

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The Facebook page of ANC 24/7 is asking for its reader's suggestion on how to solve Metro Manila's traffic problem. This got me thinking, "what is the best way to solve Metro Manila's traffic problem?" It's easy to make suggestions, what's hard is the implementation and the cost of implementation. So what is the the best way to solve Metro Manila's traffic problem and the most cost effective solution? Punitive Fines Add caption First of all, any implementation will definitely cost money, a lot of money. The cause of the traffic mess is the people themselves so it's only right that those causing the traffic problem should be fined and the fine should hurt. That way, the fines will pay for the cost of enforcing the law. The fines should start at P500 and goes up every week if you don't pay it within 15 days. To enforce this and prevent people from ignoring the fine. It will be tied to their driver's license or car registr...
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Filipino Catholic devotees celebrate Feast of Black Nazarene

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Filipino Catholic devotees continue to flock the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene despite the high incidence of injuries and sometimes, deaths. On Thursday, around 12 million devotees (MMDA estimate) arrive to honor the centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ in what the Associated Press described "a raucous religious procession in Manila". Video by Bong Lozada of INQUIRER.net
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WOTL Nazareno 2013

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Procession of the Black Nazarene. For more info, visit Wikipedia .
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God in Ancient China

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This is very interesting.
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Catholic schools seek women’s law exemption

An article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer reports that Catholic educational institutions are seeking exemption from a provision in the new Magna Carta of Women banning the dismissal of unwed mothers from employment or school. Monsignor Gerardo Santos, national president of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), said the CEAP would ask that a provision on such an exemption be inserted into the new law’s implementing rules and regulations. He said the chairman of the Commission on Higher Education(CHEd), Emmanuel Angeles, has said he would support the CEAP’s participation in the writing of the IRR. “It is important that we respect the religious affiliation of these institutions, the schools, or company the persons [concerned] belong to,” Santos told the CEAP national convention at the Manila Hotel. Wow...how narrow minded can people be. Even the CHEd chairman is stupid for supporting the CEAP. As head of a government institution, he should be the first to unde...
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