Pasig City starts experimental implementation of its odd-even scheme on major roads in the city on September 1. Among the streets covered by the odd-even scheme are the following: – Elisco Road westbound – R. Jabson Street northbound –…
Traffic enforcers in Makati City are set for a “make-over” to improve their people skills, and soon they will be wearing lapel cameras to promote transparency. Mayor Abigail Binay has told the Makati City Development Council that…
LAST THURSDAY evening, I was on the way to a dinner meeting called by Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez with some economists to gather comments on tax reform proposals he presented at the Senate earlier that day. I…
The Senate committee on public services chaired by Senator Grace Poe has put on hold deliberations on the proposed emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte pending a detailed list of projects that the government would implement to address…
Benjamin Franklin once told, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” In the Philippines, you can add to the list traffic congestion in Metro Manila as another sure thing we…
In celebration of National Heroes Day next week, Google Street View offers a “virtual tour” of different historical monuments in the country “that commemorate the triumphs and tragedies” of the heroes who have shaped national history. “The…
BOSTON — Bike lanes are evolving. Cities are increasingly changing them to make them safer in light of fatal crashes involving cyclists and cars. From Boston to San Francisco and New York to Tokyo, traditional bike lanes…
AFTER serving for more than a month in a holdover capacity, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Emerson Carlos stepped down from office on Friday, beating the Aug. 22 deadline given by President Duterte for all government…
THE CONSTRUCTION of a bridge that will link Bonifacio Global City to the Ortigas business district is one of the urgent measures to be undertaken by the Duterte administration to ease deteriorating traffic conditions in Metro Manila,…
Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez on Wednesday said the minority bloc in the House of Representatives would support legislating a “No Plate, No Car” policy to ease the traffic in the metropolis. In a press briefing, the duly…
