Happy Hour by Boy P.
Going cold turkey
Reports that President Rodrigo Duterte will soon sign an executive order to implement a no-smoking policy in all public places...
Weight-challenged passengers complain
The policy of a US airline to subject weight-challenged passengers to a weigh-in prior to boarding has become a weighty...
Sour note
Samsung executives are learning the bitter truth about the saying that goes, “Haste makes waste.” In the haste to take...
Vaccine for deadly dengue
Data from the World Health Organization indicates that dengue is the fastest spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, with some 40 percent...
‘Digongism’
That’s the closest word we could think of to describe the latest outburst of President Rodrigo Duterte prior to his...
BPI blunder
Listeners who were tuned in to the S.R.O. (Suhestiyon, Reaksiyon, Opinyon) radio program of Alvin Elchico and Doris Bigornia over...
Solon seeks to protect two natural resources
Let’s take a break from noisome political news and focus on more positive issues like the twin bills filed by...
Not-so-smart cars
Whatever they do and whichever car brand they drive, there’s one rule of thumb that drivers must always remember: Never...
Riding the Olympic bandwagon
Filipinos all over the world are rejoicing at the silver medal finish of Hidilyn “Haidie” Diaz, the 25-year-old weightlifter who...
Trigger-happy
We don’t know if funeral parlors are already thriving in Metro Manila or if more branches have sprouted. After all,...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.