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VIRAL: Traffic enforcer asserts duty vs name-dropping driver

Posted by Lenard Bernardo on Monday, February 1, 2016 A video of a traffic enforcer reprimanding the driver of a colorum vehicle, who claimed that he was affiliated to Sen. JV Ejercito, is making rounds on social…

PH, Japan seal P97-B commuter rail project

The Philippine economy is expected to reap huge benefits from the Philippine National Railways’ North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project in Luzon, although passengers will still need to wait a number of years. The initial phase of the…

Slow-paced DPWH project irks Abalos

OVER the last several months, the eatery on Maysilo Circle in Mandaluyong City where Gloria Fuentes works has seen fewer customers coming in for a meal. According to Fuentes, the decline has nothing to do with their…

CARS to rev engine of manufacturing

The manufacturing industry has grown by 8.1 percent over the last five years and has been a leading growth driver of the economy. To help sustain this strong growth and create more and better jobs, the government…

Suing Abaya not solution to MRT woes, Palace tells Poe

A Palace official on Saturday said suing Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya over the persistent problems hounding the Metro Rail Transit-Line 3 (MRT) was not the answer to the country’s transport woes. Reacting to the pronouncement of…

Poe: Too many lawyers for MRT broth

A case of too many lawyers handling a technical problem. This was how Sen. Grace Poe summed up the situation of the glitch-ridden Metro Rail Transit (MRT). Poe, head of the Senate subcommittee on transportation inquiring into…

Big dreams but little action for Manila’s traffic nightmare

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…

Cabbie rage

Unpleasant, indeed scary, incidents involving cabbies in the metro have been all over the news, and it’s partly because they can now be reported on social media. The cabbies recorded range from arrogant to foul-mouthed to violent,…

DOTC-Ayala bus hub contract signing postponed

The contract signing for the Integrated Transport System-South public private partnership project with winning bidder Ayala Land Inc. was called off today due to schedule constraints on the government’s side. Transportation secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said in…

Marikina rolls out PWD-friendly trike

WHILE many business establishments and government buildings in the country have become PWD-friendly, Marikina City is extending this kindness further down the road, quite literally. The local government is set to launch today an “adaptive mobile vehicle”…

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