Starting today, August 31, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will no longer tow vehicles illegally parked on major thoroughfares and alternative routes. Instead, it will just slap a P500-fine on their owners. In a bid to…
Two years ago, when my mother suffered her third and most serious stroke that left her in the ICU for several weeks, I had to drive to and from the hospital every day. …
Under the HOV policy which is being enforced without penalties for now by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), driver-only vehicles are banned from Edsa from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and between 6 p.m. and 9…
The Makati City government and a private consortium expect to begin construction of the $3.7-billion (about P200 billion) subway system in the country’s financial district in December. The bidding process for the 10-kilometer underground train line will…
An elevated toll road linking Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig and Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport might soon be underway. Alex Bote, who heads the Public Private Partnership (PPP) service of the Department of Public Works…
Even employees of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) are having trouble complying with its high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) scheme on Edsa. The InterAgency Council for Traffic (IACT) said on Saturday that it flagged down the vehicle of…
“We’re thankful. As many motorists will be thankful.” This was how Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III welcomed on Friday the decision of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to temporarily suspend the full implementation of the driver-only vehicle…
The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has suspended the full implementation of the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) scheme for Edsa on August 23. In a press briefing on Friday, the MMDA said they need to convene with the…
Amid mounting complaints from affected motorists, traffic experts and some lawmakers, Malacanñang called on the public to be patient and wait for the results of the weeklong dry run of the ban on driver-only vehicles on Edsa…
Senator Aquilino Pimentel III wants senior citizens to be exempted from the new traffic ban on Edsa. “Let’s exempt senior citizen from this rule,” Pimentel said in a statement on Thursday. “Exemption from this traffic scheme means they…
