tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32028022009-02-20T17:54:20.408-08:00Urban Commuter DetritusThis is a spot where I place the detritus, the unclassifiable snippets of information regarding urban life (mostly in the Philippines), commuting, and whatnot.<br>
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Detritus from a life lived in the perennial commute, compiled by Philippine-based editor, artist, musician Lionel Valdellon.
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Go to the website at <a href="http://urbancommuter.tripod.com">UrbanCommuter.tripod.com</a>lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-1143252588248494032006-03-24T18:04:00.000-08:002006-03-24T18:12:01.213-08:00FX HOLDUP RUMORS distributed by SMS messages from 117:Beware of white FX with name: LYN ANN and name plate AVD617.Holduppers ang driver pati pasahero.lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-1143023130875169272006-03-22T02:16:00.000-08:002006-03-22T02:26:25.643-08:00March 13, 2006Bus Runs Over AccountantA 56-YEAR-OLD accountant died when he was hit by a bus while crossing Ayala Avenue at the corner of Rizal Drive in Makati yesterday morning. Anacleto Lontoc, a resident of Binan, Laguna, was brought to the Funeraria Filipinas on JP Rizal Avenue for autopsy. The bus driver of the Fermina Express bus (NYR 525), Novelson Flores, 36, was taken into police custodylionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-1056070103381386392003-06-19T17:48:00.000-07:002003-06-19T17:51:32.860-07:00THE KATIPUNAN TREES GET A STATEMENT
circulated via e-mail to alumni of all three schools.
STATEMENT FROM ATENEO, MIRIAM AND UP
We Need Real and Long-term Solutions
We strongly oppose the removal of trees and destruction of islands along Katipunan Avenue. These measures will not solve the traffic problem. We need real and long-term solutions.
The MMDA is trying to do its job by widening lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-1055994104265892082003-06-18T20:41:00.000-07:002003-06-18T20:41:44.270-07:00Pink urinals installed along on Edsa
Many Filipino men have a nasty habit of urinating on walls, posts and corners like dogs. Certainly, this habit, like spitting anywhere, should be discouraged. And to help uphold not only a visually appealing metropolis but also one that’s tamed in scent, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has set up pink urinals along the stretch of Edsa.
lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-1055993788363359412003-06-18T20:36:00.000-07:002003-06-18T20:36:28.390-07:00Less trees for wider roads, faster travel
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be pushing through with their plan to uproot the trees that line some roads of the metro to facilitate their road widening project despite the strong opposition of environmentalists and some politicians.
...Likewise, he contested that the presence of trees on the roads would not help as much in lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-1055993543191774442003-06-18T20:32:00.000-07:002003-06-18T20:32:23.230-07:00MMDA to propose ordinance against “burloloys” and noise pollution
The MMDA will be submitting an ordinance against buses and other vehicles with loud horns plying the metro streets in the next conference set with the Metro Manila Council.
The idea of submitting this ordinance came after the MMDA was flooded with complaints from residents of private villages in the areas near Edsa. The residentslionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-1055991693541273802003-06-18T20:01:00.000-07:002003-06-18T20:08:55.573-07:00CONDOMS UNPOPULAR AMONG PINOYS - SURVEY
The Philippine National Statistics Office (PNSO), in its 2002 Family Planning Survey, said that condom usage "did not vary significantly" from 1995 up to last year. The survey revealed that of the 29,760 respondents interviewed for the survey nationwide, only 1.6 percent admitted using condoms for birth spacing.
No wonder overpopulation is our constant lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-944588212003-05-16T10:04:00.000-07:002003-05-16T10:07:11.000-07:00RUNAWAY CIRCUS ELEPHANT SNARLS EDSA TRAFFIC
Quezon City, May 9, 2003 -- A behemoth from Thailand named Jumbo, one of the 10 stars in the "Elephant World" show at the Araneta Center in Cubao, escaped from his trainers yesterday afternoon and brought both chaos and cheers on the streets of Quezon City.
"The elephant crossed over a fence and just ran away during practice. This is unusual since Jumbolionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-943618912003-05-14T18:36:00.000-07:002003-05-14T18:37:36.000-07:00Singer April Boy Regino loses van to thieves
The 37-year-old actor singer who popularized the aptly titled song "Kung Mawawala Ka" said his vehicle was stolen between 3 a.m. and 11 a.m. while parked in front of his house at 132 M. H. Del Pilar St., Barangay Calumpang, Marikina City.
Unfortunately, losing a van won't make him shut up. But I must commend the thieves. If youre going to steal lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-943616682003-05-14T18:30:00.000-07:002003-05-14T18:30:53.960-07:00Knapsack left inside church had dead baby
The body was wrapped in a white cloth and stuffed inside a blue nylon knapsack placed near the candle stand, apparently to ensure its immediate discovery, he said.
Candelaria said the police station received a telephone call at about 8:30 a.m. from churchgoers of the San Antonio de Padua Parish Church in Barangay Calumpang who noticed the presence of anlionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-943614572003-05-14T18:26:00.000-07:002003-05-14T18:26:24.420-07:00Ban sought on sexy street billboards In a proposed ordinance before the city council, councilor Victor Ferrer is seeking a prohibition on the display of "obscene or distracting" motion or still pictures on major thoroughfares.
Ferrer said having obscene pictures on major roads is not only a nuisance to the public, but also raises issues on road safety.lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-943612582003-05-14T18:22:00.000-07:002003-05-14T18:22:15.086-07:00Robbers hit armored van in QC, take P1M At least 12 heavily armed men Wednesday afternoon hit an armored van and fled with around one million pesos in Quezon City.
Rigor Alvarez, roving teller of Asiatrust Bank and a passenger of the armored van with body number 1280, told the Inquirer that they pulled up in front of the Dunkin Donuts branch at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and Balete Drive lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-942915502003-05-13T15:25:00.000-07:002003-05-13T15:25:18.070-07:00Major roads clear of ‘colorum’ buses
The major roads and arteries of the Metro like Edsa are reported to be clear of ‘colorum’ or out of line buses.
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC), after launching the bus route rationalization program, announced last week that they have successfully cleared the main roads and highways of colorum or illegally plying buses.lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-942911042003-05-13T15:15:00.000-07:002003-05-13T15:15:39.436-07:00PNR modernization begins
The much needed facelift for the Philippine National Railway (PNR) has begun as the demolition team that was tasked to pave the way for the widening construction initiated their work early this week.
The PNR modernization project of the Arroyo Administration entails the laying down of three additional tracks parallel to the existing aged track. This would also require lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-942910162003-05-13T15:13:00.000-07:002003-05-13T15:20:47.000-07:00LRT aims at doubling its passenger load for 2003
The 17-year old Light Rail Transit-1 (LRT-1) is aiming to double its passenger load this year to have room for some 40, 000 commuters more every hour.
The mass transit built with Belgian technology has been deteriorating with natural wear and tear. And as stated in reports, the LRTA admits that they are having difficulty nowadays in refurbishing lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-942907772003-05-13T15:08:00.000-07:002003-05-13T15:08:58.800-07:00No more weaving on roads, even on late nights
May 7, 2003: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be implementing the “yellow lane” rule round the clock from now on. Prior to this, the said road rule was carried out only from 6 in the morning till 9 in the evening.
Now, the MMDA has cleared the designation of lanes for each vehicle type on major roads like EDSA and C-5. The lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-942906482003-05-13T15:06:00.000-07:002003-05-13T15:06:21.276-07:00GET CIGARETTE VENDORS OFF THE STREETS - FERNANDO
Manila, May 10, 2003 -- After its long-drawn campaign against sidewalk vendors, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is now embarking on a drive to save teenagers who are forced to sell cigarettes and other items in the middle of the streets.
To start with, the MMDA's Metro Manila Council has approved Resolution No. 03-13 lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-938095232003-05-05T10:03:00.000-07:002003-05-05T10:03:23.170-07:00Catholics told to cut body contact during Mass
Legazpi City–Catholic parishioners and clergy in the Archdiocese of Legazpi are no longer allowed to kiss, hug and shake hands during concelebrated Masses to prevent the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-937556562003-05-04T11:44:00.000-07:002003-05-04T11:48:06.000-07:00On-line gambling proliferating in QC cafes; closure order poised
A QUEZON City government official has expressed alarm over the proliferation of on-line gambling, which he said is available to anyone with access to the Internet.
“Many Internet cafes and even bars with computer units are hooked to Sage, which operates on-line gambling such as slot machines, blackjack and poker. Sage sells lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-932459162003-04-25T09:04:00.000-07:002003-04-25T09:04:33.050-07:00How do car thieves operate? Apr. 25, 2003 Inquirer News Service: How do car thieves operate? ORGANIZED gangs of car thieves are always on the lookout for cars to steal, according to police general Danilo Mangila of the Traffic Management Group.
"Parang nagsa-shopping sila"lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-932452742003-04-25T08:52:00.000-07:002003-05-04T11:49:05.000-07:00Philippines 'SARS-free' no more THE PHILIPPINES is no longer "SARS-free" after an autopsy on SARS-victim Adela Catalon's father showed the elder Catalon had died from pneumonia, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said Friday. "Today, after the autopsy on the lungs of the deceased father of Adela, we shall be reporting him as a SARS case and the first local transmission," Dayrit said.
We are doomed. lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-930550552003-04-22T09:43:00.000-07:002003-04-22T09:43:52.536-07:00SARS-suspected village sealed off
San Fernando City, La Union—An entire village in Alcala, Pangasinan, was placed in isolation yesterday because of fears that a probable SARS victim who lived there might have infected residents.
Has it really come to our country now? Looks like we'll have to wait and see.lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-929023732003-04-19T13:41:00.000-07:002003-04-19T13:41:10.576-07:00Ayala tunnel along EDSA in Makati City claims another life - Apr. 15, 2003
Joseph L. Delos Reyes, 28, a resident of Bormann Street in Quezon City and a graduate student at the University of the Philippines, was killed when he rammed the Toyota Revo van he was driving into the left side of the tunnel at 4:30 a.m. Monday.
De Los Reyes was apparently speeding or he could have fallen asleep on the lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-929022922003-04-19T13:38:00.000-07:002003-04-19T13:38:08.123-07:00Apr. 15, 2003: LOS BAÑOS, Laguna -- To beat the summer heat, seven young boys took a swim and drowned in Laguna de Bay last Sunday.
Witnesses said the group decided later to go swimming in the lake due to heat. But at about 3 p.m. on Sunday, fishermen found five bodies floating in the bay. The bodies were caught in the fishnets in the bay. lionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202802.post-929021292003-04-19T13:33:00.000-07:002003-04-19T13:33:23.310-07:00Bomb in anti-terror drill explodes; 2 women hurt -- Apr. 11, 2003 THE "BOMB" was part of an anti-terrorism drill. The explosion and the injuries were not.
Two employees of the Malabon City Hall were seriously injured when an explosive that members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team of the local police were using in the anti-terrorism drill accidentally blew up yesterday morning.
Anglionel (acid42)acid42@gmail.com