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(Eagle News) — The Metro Manila Council has approved the increase in fines for illegal parking in the National Capital Region. The fine for attended illegally parked cars was increased from P200 to P1000. The one for unattended illegally parked cars, on the other hand, was hiked to P2,000 from the original P300, The amount is exclusive of the cost of the towing of the vehicle. According to the MMC, the hike in the fines […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe welcomed the suspension of the full implementation of the driver-only vehicle ban during rush hours on Edsa. “Time to go back to the drawing board to think hard what can be done to solve our traffic woes,” she said, after the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced the Aug. 23 schedule for the full implementation of the scheme would no longer push through. She said “policies should always be practical, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Friday, Aug. 17, urged the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to exempt senior citizens from the driver-only vehicle ban on Edsa during rush hours. “We should do everything we could to give utmost consideration to the elderly,” he said. According to Pimentel, “commuting in Metro Manila is admittedly very difficult, more so for senior citizens who may not be able to handle the physical stress that comes with taking […]
(Eagle News)–The ban on driver-only vehicles on Edsa during rush hours applies to vehicles of transport network companies as well, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said on Wednesday, Aug 15. In an interview over Unang Balita, MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago said this is according to MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia. “Tratatuhin ho natin silang private vehicle,” she said. She said if these vehicles needed to pick up passengers from Edsa, “kindly exit dun sa pinaka-unang kanto […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, Aug. 9, stressed the importance of clearing Edsa’s alternate routes before a single-driver vehicle ban is implemented on the major thoroughfare during rush hours. “Unless you can guarantee na ang mga illegally parked vehicles dun sa Mabuhay Lanes ay tatanggalin ninyo at malilinis ninyo in coordination with local governments, huwag kayong basta-basta magsasabi na hindi na puwedeng dumaan sa EDSA. Dapat in coordination ‘yan [with local governments]. Malinis na […]
