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Debate on transport emergency powers up

The House of Representatives will soon start the debate on the proposed emergency powers being sought by President Rodrigo Duterte from Congress to address...

Rody drops emergency power bid

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he will no longer push Congress to grant him emergency powers to solve Metro Manila’s traffic woes, citing the...

Proposed powers could clear roadblocks–Poe

THE proposed emergency powers sought by the Executive to solve traffic could clear roadblocks in completing the P2.8-billion common station project that has been...

House panel okays special powers for traffic crisis

THE  bill seeking to grant special powers to the Duterte administration to address the worsening traffic problem has hurdled the committee level at the...

Traffic powers bill stalls

THE House of Representatives is still having a hard time passing the proposed emergency powers being sought by the Department of Transportation to address...

Tugade’s proposal ‘useless’ vs traffic

The proposed emergency powers for the Transportation Department headed by Secretary Arthur Tugade would be “useless” without transportation experts leading the agency, according to...

Transport head undeserving of extra powers–watchdog

Road users’ and consumer’s watchdog  on Sunday called on lawmakers to defer the granting of emergency powers to the Transport department  until such time...

Ex-MMDA head weighs in on traffic

REP. Bayani Fernando on Sunday urged the Metro Manila Development Authority to fix the worsening traffic problem in Metro Manila ahead of the grant...

House to rework traffic powers bill

A technical working group of the House committee on transportation will begin to rework next week the Department of Transportation’s proposed bill to grant...

Tugade’s megabuck bid feared to spawn graft

LAWMAKERS on Friday raised the alarm against the plan of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade not to hold public biddings for some P8 trillion worth...

House bares traffic powers report

THE House committee on transportation bared on Saturday the findings of the proposed emergency powers after 10 hearings on the proposed Traffic Crisis Bill...

Slow-moving traffic

THERE are less than two weeks before President Duterte’s first 100 days are over—but short of lobbying Congress for emergency powers, Transport officials have...

Govt vows to ease traffic woes

The Duterte administration is facing an uphill battle to ease traffic congestion along major thoroughfares and at the main airport as more Filipinos can...

Extra powers put on hold

CONGRESS held off on approving measures granting President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to solve the traffic gridlock in Metro Manila after lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction...
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