traffic

HPG cops accused of mauling MMDA traffic personnel

Two Highway Patrol Group (HPG) personnel have been recalled from their posts on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) after a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic personnel accused the cops of mauling him last Tuesday. Chief Superintendent…

NLEx traffic jam seen in Iglesia ni Cristo event Saturday

Thousands of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) members will gather at the Philippine Arena in Sta. Maria, Bulacan, on Saturday for “the largest evangelical mission in the history of the church.” The tollway operator said traffic would be…

MMDA working with DILG to clear alternate roads

THE METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it has started coordinating with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and barangay leaders to clear the so-called “Mabuhay Lanes” or alternate roads of obstructions. During the…

Another MMDA man injured on road duty

A Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic constable suffered facial and leg injuries after he was sideswiped by a speeding car at 6 a.m. on Wednesday. Marlon Banban was manning traffic at the corner of Annapolis Street…

HPG gets sunblock, vitamins from grateful private sector

The Highway Patrol Group PG is apparently enjoying an unprecedented level of popularity, as it formally received more donations from the private sector in view of its Herculean task of easing the daily traffic gridlock on Edsa.…

Cop, soldier among first HPG ‘catch’

With a policeman and a soldier among their early “catch” of traffic violators, members of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) manning Edsa have not only beefed up their ranks but also obtained wider powers to go after…

After ‘carmageddon,’ Palace admits lack of ample infrastructure

Following last Tuesday’s torrential rains which caused flashfloods and left thousands of commuters and motorists stranded in Metro Manila, a Palace official on Friday said it will take time to scale up the road and flood control…

Gov’t urged to relocate agencies to ease metro traffic

To help address the worsening traffic condition in the country, the government should build more infrastructures outside Metro Manila and relocate some agencies to other regions, Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said on Friday. Cayetano said the…

We’re working on traffic–Aquino

President Benigno Aquino III on Friday said his administration is “hard at work” to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila, telling an international tripartite group of business and government leaders and members of the academe that the…

PNP-HPG chief weighs in on Edsa traffic management

“DRIVERS should not change lanes often. When they do that, it automatically slows down all those behind them. All I ask is discipline because they always want to outsmart one another.” — Chief Supt. Arnold Gunnacao, director…

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