Anti-Smoke Belching

MMDA wants in on antismoking campaign

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) welcomed on Sunday the start of the implementation of the nationwide smoking ban, two years after the Court of Appeals said that the agency’s own antismoking drive was invalid. Dr. Loida…

QC antismoke belching tests find more flunkers than passers

A vast majority of vehicles subjected to carbon emission tests in Quezon City on Thursday did not pass standards set by the Clean Air Act. In an antismoke belching operation conducted by the Land Transportation Office, the…

Road fumes so bad now, doc worries for traffic aides

Due to the deteriorating air quality in the metropolis, a pulmonologist suggested on Wednesday that traffic constables of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) be deployed to the streets for a maximum of only two hours to…

Vehicle owners, unite against corrupt anti-smoke belching units!

AFTER my recent piece on illegal towing operations, let me divert your attention to the anti-smoke belching units (ASBUs) that conveniently ply the city streets, catching alleged smoke-belching vehicles and levying fines or offering ways to avoid…