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(Eagle News)–Senator Bong Revilla has backed the grant of emergency powers to address the traffic problem, saying such will “facilitate and speed up” the actions of the government. In a statement, Revilla said he would ask the committee on public services led by Senator Grace Poe to reconsider its decision not to grant the powers to the President. “Totoo na marami namang kapangyarihan sa kasalukuyan kahit wala pang emergency powers. Pero mabagal ang usad dahil […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that President Rodrigo Duterte should be granted emergency powers to solve the traffic situation in the country. Andanar said that granting emergency powers to President Duterte, especially this coming holiday season, will help solve the traffic problem in Metro Manila. Under Senate Bill No. 11 or the Transportation Crisis Act of 2016, the President will be given the power to solve the traffic […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, June 28 advised the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to first conduct proper consultation with the affected sectors before it implements its expanded number coding scheme. “Naiintindihan natin ang malaking hamon na kinakaharap ng MMDA sa pagresolba ng traffic sa Metro Manila. Subalit sa paghahanap ng solusyon, hindi dapat magpadalus-dalos,” Poe said in a statement. “The plan to implement an expanded number coding scheme […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the government is not able to take massive steps to resolve the traffic problem due to the failure to grant emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte. According to the Secretary, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) is doing all it can to resolve the traffic problem. https://youtu.be/Vk9K0YlPS1c
QUEZON City, Philippines – As early as now, the Congress through incoming House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said that its ready to give the executive department extra power to solve the traffic problem, especially in Metro Manila. Alvarez said the traffic problem can already be considered as a crisis and the new administration needs to implement drastic measures to solve it. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by […]
MANILA, Philippines — They may have different responses but the different vice-presidential candidates are united in saying that there is a need of reform in the mass transit system to solve the traffic problem in Metro Manila. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/8nw0maNypKM
According to Atty. Bong Suntay, president of Philippine National Taxi Operators Association, the complaints made by commuters regarding taxi drivers’ bad mood and even acts of harming their passengers were due to the severe traffic problem in Metro Manila. Said traffic problem means that taxi drivers suffer a loss of earnings. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
(Eagle News) — According to the Senate Economic Affairs Committee chairman, Senator JV Ejercito, the Aquino administration bears responsibility for the losses of the country’s economy due to the worsening traffic problem faced by Metro Manila. The senator added that the government should have allotted more to its infrastructure problems. Furthermore, he said that the Highway Patrol Group is not enough and that the government should look into more long-term solutions. (Eagle News Service Jay […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will expand the services of the Pasig River ferry to address the traffic problem that will be brought about by the coming holiday season.
