AFTER three days of nonstop hot pursuit operations, the man accused of shooting and killing a barangay traffic enforcer in Quezon City has finally been arrested. A 24-man team from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) tracked…
DESPITE having shelled out some P20 billion to build the Naia Expressway—including a jaw-dropping P11-billion bid premium that topped the P305-million offer of its bid rival, Metro Pacific Investments Corp.—San Miguel Corp. kept a relatively low profile…
THE BIG news in transportation this week was the agreement on a unified railway station linking overhead trains in Metro Manila. Of course, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade deserves recognition for bringing quite a collection of tycoons to…
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRT-3) formally filed a complaint against writer-activist Angelo Suarez in the Quezon City prosecutor’s office on Wednesday for allegedly vandalizing one of its trains in late…
The Department of Energy (DOE) has asked oil players in Mindanao to explain the unusually huge reduction in their gasoline prices, warning this may eventually qualify them for “anticompetitive behavior.” The DOE was referring to the move…
THE AIR of Metro Manila is so bad angels would fear to land here, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez told a meeting of government officials and transport operators looking for solutions to the air pollution in the metropolis.…
MANILA — A city official of Manila has warned barangay officials involved in the collection of “illegal parking fees,” that has caused traffic congestion, particularly in Quezon Boulevard. This as Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada recently declared the…
TRANSPORTATION Secretary Arthur Tugade may not hold the title “traffic crisis manager” after the House of Representatives committee on transportation held the proposal in abeyance, citing “conflict of interest” among officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr).…
THE PRESIDENT can be given emergency powers but this was not the only solution to the worsening traffic problem in the country, according to an architect and urban planner. “Of all the proposals I am seeing now,…
In the wee hours of a weekday, commuters wait at the corner of Edsa Extension and Roxas Boulevard for a jeepney bound for Alabang. As soon as their ride arrives, they pile inside and, almost by instinct,…
