Poe to defend bill granting Duterte powers vs traffic mess
Senator Grace Poe will defend anew the bill granting emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte when Congress opens its second ...
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Funding for traffic crisis OKd
THE head of the House of Representatives’ committee on appropriations said Friday his committee had approved the financing for House ...
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Road hazards, motorcycles and private village roads
It appears that Congress is really keen on investing President Rodrigo Duterte, through the Secretary of Transportation, with emergency powers ...
Read moreDebate 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 ...
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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 ...
Read moreProposed 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 ...
Read moreHouse 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 ...
Read moreTraffic powers bill stalls
THE House of Representatives is still having a hard time passing the proposed emergency powers being sought by the Department ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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