Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Tuesday said he supported the granting of emergency powers to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to solve what has evolved into a traffic crisis in Metro Manila. In an interview at the sidelines of…
IT’S BEEN six years of hits and misses for infrastructure projects under the term of President Aquino. The outgoing administration made big promises to address the country’s infrastructure backlog—some of these fulfilled but a great deal more…
STARTING today (Tuesday), shuttle buses will pick up Ateneo High School students, teachers and personnel at three designated drop-off points and bring them to the campus free of charge as part of efforts to reduce traffic on…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—The Duterte administration plans to declare a “traffic crisis” in Mega Manila and seek emergency powers that will address in the next two years what incoming Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said was a problem that…
THE BOARD of Investments said it would not relax the stiff requirements that the government had set for the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) program to accommodate a third player. BOI managing head Ceferino S. Rodolfo said…
DAVAO CITY—He had it coming. In a mad rush to keep his wife from blowing a fuse, he drove his black Toyota Hilux pickup at 57 kilometers per hour, or 17 kph more than the speed limit…
As heralded by President-elect and outgoing Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, no one is above the law in Davao City—not even his politician-son. Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte was caught for speeding on Friday morning in…
A MOTORISTS’ rights group on Thursday urged the incoming Duterte administration to immediately flex its muscles in addressing the horrible traffic problem in the metropolis. In a statement, the Road Users Protection Advocates (Rupa) said the worsening…
MANILA — A former overseas Filipino worker has filed a complaint against a traffic policeman for allegedly demanding P7,000 and refusing to release his kuliglig (improvised vehicle), which figured in an accident in 2015. Valerio Maghinay Darunday…
Are you ready to take the #MMShakeDrill dance challenge? The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has come up with an entertaining invitation for the public to join the Metro Manila-wide earthquake drill on June 22. A video…
