President Duterte

Duterte emergency power vs traffic won’t come without conditions—Poe

Senator Grace Poe has laid down several conditions to consider the emergency powers being sought for President Rodrigo Duterte to address the traffic crisis in the country, saying there should be “clear cut parameters” that would constitute…

Senators seek clear road map to traffic solution

SENATORS will ask for a clear road map to address the traffic crisis when they sit down with transportation officials of the Duterte administration today (Wednesday) in a public hearing on the proposal to give the President…

Senate tackles Duterte ‘emergency powers’

The Senate has begun deliberations on several measures granting President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to address the traffic problem in Metro Manila and other parts of the country. Invited to Wednesday’s hearing were officials of the Metropolitan…

Big firms eye Mindanao rail project

BIG LOCAL and foreign conglomerates are taking a closer look at a massive railway line linking key cities in Mindanao, a “high priority” project of the Duterte administration, despite scant details released so far. Top officials of…

No, Duterte is not the Messiah of our road safety problems

I STARTED with a story angle of “What would you wish for President DU30 to solve the road safety problem?” It’s the perennial angle that we usually employ to get insights from VIPs to get our readers’…