Failure to produce OR/CR during a checkpoint
Dear PAO, My brother was riding his motorcycle last night when he encountered a checkpoint at the corner of our street. He stopped as instructed, and the police officers asked for the certificate of registration and official receipt of the motorcycle. My brother, however, failed to produce them. Thereafter, the police officers asked my brother […]
38 Injured After ‘Unexpected Aircraft Movement’ on a United Flight
Thirty-eight people were injured on a United Airlines flight that was headed this week to Washington, D.C., from Lagos, Nigeria, officials in Nigeria said, after the plane experienced what the airline described as “a technical issue and an unexpected aircraft movement.” Six people were treated at a hospital for their injuries, the Nigerian authorities and […]
Preserving the integrity of firearm as evidence
Dear PAO, I was arrested for possessing a locally manufactured firearm without a corresponding license. I met Lando inside the prison cell, and he told me that he would soon be released because his case involving drugs was dismissed. Allegedly, the law enforcers who arrested him did not follow the rule on the chain of […]
How My Trip to Quit Sugar Quickly Became a Journey Into Hell
And from the more westerly of the two docks, it was possible to stare directly at the smaller, even more westerly, even more private dock reserved for the exclusive use of guests staying in the Vivamayr villa (which goes for 3,750 euros per night). My fellow regular guests and I squinted at the private villa […]
Illegal recruitment differs from estafa
Dear PAO, I am a victim of illegal recruitment. This happened when Gina claimed she could secure a job abroad for me as a nanny in exchange for a certain amount as a processing and placement fee. I trusted her because she was a former OFW for a long time, and she claimed to have […]
2025 Travel Trends: ‘Friend-Finding’ Tours, Private Islands and More
Jump to: Credit…Miriam Martincic A recent Booking.com global survey of 31,000 travelers found that 71 percent of respondents “want to leave the places they visit better than when they arrived.” Eighty-three percent said that sustainable travel is important to them. Now, as travelers wake up to the social effects of tourism, travel businesses are responding […]
Floating status as management prerogative in certain cases
Dear PAO, I am currently working as a security guard under ABC Security Agency. From 2022 to 2024, I was assigned to SRB Mall. However, in August 2024, our security agency told us that SRB Mall had terminated the contract with our agency. Thereafter, ABC Security Agency notified us that we would be placed on […]
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Employer cannot be compelled to retain a grossly negligent worker
Dear PAO, One of our bus drivers has been very negligent. He had previous vehicular accidents that resulted in minor damages to other motorists and injuries to pedestrians. Lately, we were forced to settle with another car owner after our bus, driven by the same driver, collided with his car, resulting in major damage. Our […]
Yogyarkata, Indonesia Is Where Javanese Culture Begins
The long ride from the international airport to the city of Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java at least has the virtue of easing a jet-lagged traveler through a liminal zone of rice-paddy plains and jungle hills. Then the buzzy metropolis closes round, and everything is all business and hot tropical urban disarray. Streets […]