The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is expecting a reduction of around 20 percent in the volume of private vehicles on Edsa with the full implementation of the “no window hours” policy starting today, Oct. 17. The…
The average travel time on Edsa was cut by 21 minutes in the first two days that the Interagency Council on Traffic held a dry run of the “no window” policy. Contrary to an earlier assessment made…
For the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the first day of the dry run of the “no window hour” policy was a “relative success” since it reduced travel time on Edsa by three minutes. “I think it…
China’s biggest train maker is sounding off to the Duterte administration that it wants to do more business here while offering larger investments that include a manufacturing plant in a country it described as a “valued friend…
Senator Grace Poe now wants all contracts under the proposed emergency powers for traffic to pass a congressional review first before they are approved. Poe said this power of the congressional oversight committee to review the contracts…
While conducting its hearings, the Senate committee on public services has started crafting a partial report on the bill that seeks to grant President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to address the traffic crisis. The committee chaired by…
The three-day dry run for the “no window hours” policy, an adjustment being made for the holiday season in connection with the number coding scheme for vehicles, starts today on four major roads in Metro Manila. Starting…
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday criticized proposals for a P170 million traffic master plan and the establishment of a Light Railway Transit (LRT) system in Cebu. He said pushing through with these projects, which were bared…
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to receive from Congress emergency powers to solve the traffic crisis across Metro Manila and other highly urbanized areas like Metro Cebu by Christmas this year or before 2016 ends. The demand…
A person of interest (POI) in the killing of actress Maritoni Fernandez’s sister was also killed in a drug bust on Sunday, the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) confirmed. Leandro Antonio Kanahashi or LA, the boyfriend of…
