It had to take several serious crimes committed by felons posing as taxi drivers before government agencies finally acted on what should have been a basic requirement: drivers’ identification cards displayed prominently and easy to read.
The holiday season means a lot of food and, consequently, a lot of waste, since many people buy more than they need just to make sure they don’t run out of anything to serve, or to avoid several trips to the supermarket or the wet market.
The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld the Department of Health’s (DOH) order requiring all herbal companies to change the warning labels on their food and dietary supplements to make consumers more aware that the products have “no approved therapeutic claim” and are not medicine.
Readers are asking what transpired in the meeting among Manila Water Company Inc., Filinvest Land Inc. and condominium unit owner Rosebelle Roberto, who had complained she was being overcharged at P70 per cubic meter for her water bill.
It seems Metro Manilans are at risk from public utility vehicles not just on the road, where drivers behave like they are car racers trying to qualify for the Grand Prix.
A bill has been filed in Congress that will require a prospective car buyer to have a garage before he/she is allowed to own a vehicle.
Mikka Garcia wrote to say she also did not understand why “bus owners/operators oppose the high penalties for colorum and out-of-way” public utility vehicles (PUV).
You may have heard of or read about “Project 1 Phone,” Globe Telecom’s campaign to “turn” old cellular phones into classrooms. It will not actually take apart a mobile phone and use its spare parts as building materials.
A watchdog group against consumer products containing toxic substances on Tuesday warned the public against two lipstick brands found to contain dangerously high levels of lead.
As the annual observance of Consumer Month draws to a close, I hope people will not forget information on wise energy consumption, as stressed in this year’s theme, “Sapat na Impormasyon: Susi sa Wastong Paggamit ng Enerhiya” (sufficient information is key to wise energy use).”
