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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...

Solons frown on ‘extra powers’

Some lawmakers frowned on the proposed emergency powers being sought by the Department of Transportation for President Rodrigo Duterte to solve the country’s traffic...

Extra powers vs ASG nixed

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday rejected suggestions that he seek emergency powers from Congress to quickly crush the Abu Sayyaf, which killed 15 soldiers...

Extra powers to help ease traffic mess

SENATOR Alan Cayetano warned his colleagues in the Senate that the longer it takes Congress to grant emergency powers to the President, the longer...

Poe still unsure of special powers

SENATOR Grace Poe, chairman of the Senate Committee on public services, is not convinced President Rodrigo Duterte should be given emergency powers to solve...

Senate holds probe on transport woes

The Senate is conducting an inquiry into the request of President Rodrigo Duterte that the executive branch be granted emergency powers to solve the...

No special budget for Charter Change

BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Monday said there is no special budget for Charter Change and emergency powers to solve traffic in Metro Manila...

‘Special powers must clear roads during rains’

Projects covered by the emergency powers to be given by Congress to President Rodrigo Duterte must include measures that will prevent road congestion during...

Single authority

A “single, synchronized” authority to effectively manage the traffic system in Metro Manila has emerged as one of the initial solutions to the major...

Traffic and graft

I caught parts of the televised five-hour Senate hearing Wednesday on the proposed grant of emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte so he could...

Tugade: Extra powers time-bound

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Wednesday vowed that if President Rodrigo Duterte will be granted emergency powers to solve the country’s transport problems, everything...
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