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Duterte’s difficult legislative priorities

The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that its three priorities for the 17th Congress, which starts on July 25, are the conversion...

No need for emergency powers to solve Edsa traffic mess

(Part 2) Obstacles on the road like road dividers, markers, and signages should be conspicuous and visible to motorists at all times.  Motorists who can...

No need for emergency powers to solve Edsa traffic mess

(Part 1) During the administration of ex-President Benigno Aquino III, the traffic problem along Edsa and other major thoroughfares in Metropolitan Manila was terrible.  The traffic...

Drilon pushes emergency powers for Rody vs traffic

Senate President Franklin Drilon on Friday filed a proposed measure granting emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte and warned that traffic cost could spike to...

Defense chief backs extra powers for Rody

Outgoing Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Wednesday expressed support for the  granting of   emergency powers to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to address problems buffeting...

Duterte duns Congress for emergency powers

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that he cannot solve the long-festering  traffic  problems  in Metro Manila   unless Congress gives him “extraordinary” powers  to...

Transport execs bat for rail to solve traffic woes

Senator JV Ejercito stressed last week the importance of having a well-thought out mass transit system in the country, and batted for a railway solution...

Alvarez vows to give Duterte extra powers

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Emergency powers

If President-elect Rodrigo Duterte would be given emergency powers by Congress to solve the traffic gridlock in Metro Manila, it will be the first...
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