Woman Says She Was Sexually Assaulted on American Airlines Flight
A woman has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines, saying a man sexually assaulted her during a red-eye flight from San Francisco to Dallas last year. Barbara Morgan, a California resident, said that shortly after the flight took off and the lights were dimmed, the man sitting next to her in the middle seat started […]
Operation of backhoes is included in anti-distracted driving law
Dear PAO, There is an ongoing construction project in a private compound near the main intersection of our town. This project has been ongoing for more than a year now and has caused severe traffic congestion on the highway, as backhoes are placed on the public road. Some residents have already raised complaints due to […]
A Complete 10-Day Japan Itinerary With Stops in Toyko, Kyoto and Osaka
For Americans, there has rarely been a better time to visit Japan. After years of pandemic-related closure, the country reopened in the summer of 2022 with a sense of renewal, thanks largely to the Tokyo Olympics the previous year, which had brought a flurry of hotel openings and infrastructure improvements, not just in the capital […]
T Magazine’s Summer Getaway Guide
“I’m a writer and my husband runs a nonprofit organization. We have two teenagers and are the type of family that typically goes to national parks, museums and cultural events for our vacations. We’re big on educational travel. Now that the kids are old enough to be left behind, my husband and I are looking […]
A Little-Known Corner of Ireland Beckons
Less than an hour from Cork Airport, but tucked away off the main tourist trails, Ireland’s Blackwater Valley is steeped in natural splendor and Old World romance. The area gets its name from the Munster Blackwater — a deep, fast-flowing river that wends through the verdant landscape before joining the Atlantic Ocean at the medieval […]
Japan Travel Guide: The Best Food, Sights and Hotels Across the Country
Where do Tokyo’s best chefs eat tonkatsu and sushi on their days off? Where does the expert organizer Marie Kondo buy her pajamas? We asked 24 Japanese cultural luminaries, including architects, fashion designers and artists, to share the places they love most across the country. The only criterion was that each choice be somewhere they […]
Doctrine of processual presumption in relation to support
Dear PAO, I married a foreigner and we have an 18-month-old son. However, our marriage bond ended when we obtained a divorce decree in Holland. My foreigner husband agreed to provide monthly support to our son. But when my son and I arrived in the Philippines, my husband never gave support. My ex-husband returned to […]
European Anti-Tourism Groups Plan June 15 Disruptions
Travelers to Europe, mark your calendars (and bring your raincoats). On June 15, activist groups across southern Europe are planning to stage protests against tourism. Although the precise form of those demonstrations has not been decided, it’s a pretty safe bet that water guns will be involved. At workshops held in Barcelona last weekend that […]
Discovering Amazing Wildlife Along the Panama Canal
“Follow me,” Nando said. “I know where it lives.” It was late morning, hot, humid and quiet. Shafts of sunlight cut through the jungle as we followed a path through the latticed shade. A few hundred yards away, gigantic cargo ships stacked with containers chugged along the Panama Canal. But that was another world. Where […]
Prior demand is a jurisdictional requirement in ejectment suit
Dear PAO, I was a lessee of a two-bedroom apartment, as evidenced by a contract of lease duly signed by me and my landlord. When our contract expired sometime in 2021, my landlord allowed me to continue living in the apartment even without a signed contract as long as I religiously pay the same amount […]