EDSA

HPG cops accused of mauling MMDA traffic personnel

Two Highway Patrol Group (HPG) personnel have been recalled from their posts on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) after a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic personnel accused the cops of mauling him last Tuesday. Chief Superintendent…

MMDA working with DILG to clear alternate roads

THE METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it has started coordinating with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and barangay leaders to clear the so-called “Mabuhay Lanes” or alternate roads of obstructions. During the…

Another MMDA man injured on road duty

A Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic constable suffered facial and leg injuries after he was sideswiped by a speeding car at 6 a.m. on Wednesday. Marlon Banban was manning traffic at the corner of Annapolis Street…

HPG gets sunblock, vitamins from grateful private sector

The Highway Patrol Group PG is apparently enjoying an unprecedented level of popularity, as it formally received more donations from the private sector in view of its Herculean task of easing the daily traffic gridlock on Edsa.…

Cop, soldier among first HPG ‘catch’

With a policeman and a soldier among their early “catch” of traffic violators, members of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) manning Edsa have not only beefed up their ranks but also obtained wider powers to go after…

Metro Manila’s worst chokepoints up close and personal

FOR MONTHS, Edsa has been under intense scrutiny due to the massive traffic jams that it has created. …

We’re working on traffic–Aquino

President Benigno Aquino III on Friday said his administration is “hard at work” to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila, telling an international tripartite group of business and government leaders and members of the academe that the…

PNP-HPG chief weighs in on Edsa traffic management

“DRIVERS should not change lanes often. When they do that, it automatically slows down all those behind them. All I ask is discipline because they always want to outsmart one another.” — Chief Supt. Arnold Gunnacao, director…

Can you feel it? Edsa ride cut by ‘10-15 min’

TRAVEL time on Edsa has been reduced by 10 to 15 minutes. So claimed the police officer recently put in charge of traffic management on the country’s busiest highway, as he and other officials spent much of…

MMDA chief Tolentino gets stuck in traffic, misses TV appearance

MMDA chair Francis Tolentino got a taste of the bitter traffic situation in Metro Manila when he missed a live television appearance Thursday morning after he was stuck on Edsa. Tolentino was supposed to be a guest…

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