Opinion | The Beauty of Embracing Aging
As Evelyn Couch said to Ninny Threadgoode in Fannie Flagg’s “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe”: “I’m too young to be old and too old to be young. I just don’t fit anywhere.” I think about this line often, this feeling of being out of place, particularly in a culture that obsessively glorifies […]
Who may solemnize marriage? | The Manila Times
Dear PAO, I work as a seafarer, and my fiancée and I plan to marry each other this month before I travel back to work. I also heard that our ship captain can marry us. Is this true? We wish to get married immediately and want to know who can officiate marriages. Timothy Dear Timothy, […]
Disney’s Splash Mountain Set to Reopen With Princess Tiana Theme
In the summer of 2020, as a reckoning on racial justice swept the country, Disney said it would rip out Splash Mountain, a wildly popular flume ride with a racist back story. Some people cheered, saying the move was long overdue: After 31 years at Disneyland in California and 28 at Walt Disney World in […]
Assault between employees inside the company premises
Dear PAO, After work hours, two of my co-employees argued about owing each other money, while they were still in the office. They pushed each other slightly until they were immediately stopped by their supervisor. This is the first time that the incident happened. Can our employer terminate their employment based on their altercation? Gil […]
Dupe Destinations in the Aegean
In April, Princess Cruises told passengers that it was canceling a scheduled stop in Santorini, Greece, citing congestion. Four cruise ships were already anticipated to arrive on the same day in June, and were it to join, the ships would have brought some 17,000 visitors to an island of 15,500 residents. In the Aegean Sea, […]
Bigamy may be committed by one person
Dear PAO, Paolo convinced me to marry him, and our marriage took place in 2016. After two years of marriage, Kristine appeared and claimed she was legally married to Paolo. I was really shocked and could not forgive Paolo for deceiving me. I would like to file a case for bigamy against him, but Kristine […]
Japan’s Tourism Surge Leaves Some Residents Frustrated
On two recent occasions, a foreign tourist walked into Shoji Matsumoto’s barbershop, through a front door that grates loudly when opened more than halfway, wanting a haircut. One was Italian, the other British. Mr. Matsumoto, who is 75 and speaks neither of their languages, didn’t know what to tell them. He picked up his scissors […]
Principle of Best Interest applies to child custody
Dear PAO, I converted to Islam sometime in 2010 and married my husband, who is a Muslim, six months later. Unfortunately, after our marriage, he manifested an unbearable attitude, and he was very jealous. We eventually separated. I reverted to Christianity and now I live with my minor son in Quezon City. My husband is […]
Father’s Day Gift Guide: Colorful Watches, Japanese Toolboxes and More
Falling as it does in mid-June, Father’s Day coincides with an upswing in outdoor excursions. Whether your dad is into backpacking, fishing or forest bathing, he could probably use a few upgrades for his campfire cooking. Replace his worn-out plastic cooler with one from Oyster, a Norwegian company that launched its gleaming aluminum, vacuum-insulated version […]
Reconstituted title over a property that was falsely declared as lost
Dear PAO, In 2021, I bought a parcel of land from its registered owner. We executed a Deed of Absolute Sale, and had the document notarized before a notary public. The owner’s duplicate copy of the transfer certificate of title (TCT) was given to me, but I failed to cause the transfer of its registration. […]