Author: Ricky Castellvi

“Birds without Borders”

I’m confused.  In a world wrangling with mRNA, spike proteins, lateral flow tests and timing for the second dose (if there will ever be one), there is a lot to be confused about.  But what I really really wanna know right now is: what is that brown thing climbing up the tree outside my window?!

Pag sakay sa eroplano ay mapaganib para sa manunulat

 
 
Himpapawid na pag lipad para gumamit ay malaking pag babago mula noong 9/11. Maga papaalisin na pasahero ay kaylagan dumating sa airport dalawa o tatlong oras bago dumating ang oras nang pag lipad nang kanilang eroplano at dadaan nang tatlong sikkurity tanggal ang sapatos, dadaan sa makina para sa katawan na iskreen, bagahe na pag iskan, pag tatalo get nang imigrasion opisyal bago makapunta sa naka asaia na pintuan na kadalasan ay nasakabila nang parte nang paliparan. Kabang kasalukuyan nasa himpapawid ang huling marinig nang pasahero ay mayroon na posibleng bomba ang eroplano. Ito ang nangyari sa Ryanair noon 23 nang Mayo 2021.

Air Travel Proving Risky for Journalists

 
Air travel since 9/11 has changed. Departing passengers arrive at the airport 2 to 3 hours before their flights, go through an average of 3 security checks, remove their footwear, go through body scans, luggage scans, interviews by the immigration officials, before proceeding to their assigned gates which can be located at the opposite side of the airport. During inflight, the last thing a traveller needs to know is that the plane has a possible bomb in it. This was what happened to Ryanair on May 23rd, 2021.

Is Canada’s Electricity Safe from Cyber Attacks?

Who could forget the Northeast Blackout of 2003? Eighteen years ago, on August 14th,
50 million people in Canada and the USA lost power.

In Toronto, I remember hearing stories of students having to walk from their summer jobs down at Queens Quay to Yonge and Finch, 4 hours to get home, uphill. Along the way, variety store owners were offloading buckets of ice cream to these kids for their freezers had broken down.