Rody Duterte

Palace vows improved Metro Manila traffic in 100 days

Expect improved traffic conditions in Metro Manila within the next 100 days. This was what presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said on Tuesday after Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade presented a “menu of changes” during the second Cabinet meeting…

Chief Justice stands up to traffic crisis powers

CANBERRA—Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has slowed down the request of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte for emergency powers to solve the traffic crisis in Metro Manila. In an interview with the Inquirer last week, Sereno brushed aside the…

Solving traffic mess and eradicating corruption

Former President and current Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is sponsoring a bill in Congress to grant President-elect Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to solve the horrendous traffic mess in Metro Manila. Declaring emergency. Her bill is clearly the…

Sereno on traffic crisis plan: Don’t forget rule of law

In considering emergency powers to deal with Metro Manila’s traffic crisis, President-elect Rodrigo Duterte must not forget due process. Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno made the statement after Transportation Secretary-designate Arthur Tugade announced plans to seek special…

Transport Sec. Tugade: ‘Don’t try to corrupt us’

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—If you don’t want us to be corrupt, you should do your part and not attempt to corrupt us. This was the message of the economic managers of the incoming Duterte administration to the country’s…

Belmonte backs emergency powers for Duterte to ease traffic woes

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…

Edsa traffic jams: Rody exec eyes extra powers

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…

Rody’s son rushing home at 57 kph fined for speeding

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…

Duterte son apprehended in Davao City for speeding

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…

Solve traffic, motorists ask Duterte

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…