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 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.…
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,…
An administration congressman who used to head the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) criticized the government’s decision to strip the agency of its traffic management functions, saying it remains the only “institution” qualified for the job. Instead…
The government can act on the crippling traffic congestion in Metro Manila and other urban centers even before Congress approves a bill seeking to grant President Duterte emergency powers to address the traffic crisis, Sen. Grace Poe…
The Parañaque government will be enforcing the number coding scheme in all areas in the city starting on Oct. 1 because of the worsening traffic due to ongoing infrastructure projects. “There is an increase in the volume…
Access to Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) just got a little easier. Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) opened on Thursday the initial section of a toll road seeking to cut the notorious congestion around the Naia…
“If only I had a magic wand to solve traffic problems, I would,” Senator Grace Poe said on Thursday as she resumed the hearing of the Senate committee on public services, which she chairs, on the proposed…
Senator Grace Poe has expressed dismay over the absence of some mayors at Thursday’s resumption of the Senate hearing on the proposed emergency powers, saying it would have been their opportunity to express their observations and reservations…
