Rural Update: The river ferry
BY JOHNNYÂ NOVERA
WHILE in Metro Manila, we decided to take advantage of our free time Tuesday last week to experience the River Ferry on the Pasig River.
The ferry service was introduced recently under...
Rural Update: How soon is âsoonâ?
BY JOHNNYÂ NOVERA
ON November 18, 2014 or 10 days after super typhoon âYolandaâ brought devastation to the island province of Leyte, we wrote an article with the title, The Banks in...
Rural Update: Lawmakers and bankers
BY JOHNNYÂ NOVERA
WE wrote last week an item in our column (âEntry of foreigners in PHâ), expressing our national security concern for House Bill No. 3984, approved by the Lower House allowing the entry of foreign...
Rural Update: Entry of foreigners in PH
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
TWO major policy moves approved by our government will bring into the country unrestricted entry of foreigners. Will the new policies be good for us? They are:
First, welcoming US troops to have wider access to Philippine...
Rural Update: Shift NAIA landings to Iloilo urgent
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
LAST week, we wrote in our column (Re-direct Intâl Flights...) of the heavy air traffic and dangerous situation of landings and takeoffs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) such that even the old Terminal IV...
Rural Update: Re-direct intâl flights to Iloilo or Negros airports?
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
IT is interesting to read  the Vision Statement of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), saying that âby 2016, it will be the leading organization...
Rural Update: Where are the tiles from Hibao-an?
BY JOHNNYÂ NOVERA
WE are impressed with the construction of a walking park on the whole length of the expanded Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Iloilo City, otherwise known as the Diversion Road.
When...