MANILA, Philippines — Web designer Maria Zurbano kisses her three-year-old daughter goodbye and sets out in the pre-dawn darkness for a torturous commute through the Philippine capital. Her ordeal, a return trip of up to six hours…
Former Metro Rail Transit (MRT) general manager Al Vitangcol III Thursday blamed the media for giving too much attention to the graft case he is facing over the allegedly irregular award of a $1.5-million maintenance contract to…
Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya should make public the newly-signed service contract for the maintenance of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3, according to Sen. Grace Poe. Poe, who has led Senate…
Simply saying sorry can’t get him off the hook. The taxi driver who was caught on video overcharging a passenger and bullying her when she refused to pay up apologized Wednesday when they met again at the…
BAGUIO CITY–Former Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Virginia “Virgie” Torres, one of President Aquino’s controversial friends, died at a Pampanga hospital on Saturday following a heart attack. Torres, 63, died at 2 a.m. at The Medical City…
(Second of five parts) ALL THE NINE cases cited Friday in the first part of this series on breached contracts are devastating in their negative impact on the community. But it would be good to start with…
A SPECIAL audit has revealed that the Makati City Parking Building II project was not only allegedly overpriced and its bidding rigged, but it was also riddled with various purported anomalous practices, according to the Commission on…
A joint venture firm on Friday filed a graft complaint against Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3) General Manager Roman Buenafe and four others for alleged nonpayment of spare parts installed in the railway system. Joint venture Schunk Bahn…
A TRANSPORT group’s lawyer insisted Tuesday that the operations of Uber and GrabCar should be stopped in view of the suspension order issued by a Quezon City judge against the regulatory framework of the app-enabled ride-sharing service.…
A COMPLAINT for graft was filed Monday against former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim in the Office of the Ombudsman over the allegedly “grossly disadvantageous” service contract that the city government awarded to two private firms for the…
