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Robredo tells Duterte admin to accept Metro Manila has transport crisis

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Posted at Oct 13 06:09 PM

Accept that Metro Manila has a transport crisis. Read more »

Transport crisis claims 'exaggerated': MMDA exec

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Updated as of Oct 13 09:17 AM

Claims that a transport crisis exists in Metro Manila are "exaggerated," an official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Sunday. Read more »

Monday commute for public officials sought under House proposal

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Posted at Oct 12 11:00 AM

Congestion in Metro Manila's main thoroughfares would ease if ranking officials would commute to work every Monday, a lawmaker said Saturday. Read more »

Panelo after 4-hour commute to work: No mass transport crisis in Metro Manila

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Posted at Oct 12 01:26 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman, Salvador Panelo, tried commuting to work for a day after an activist challenged him to experience for himself the daily hardships endured by Filipinos taking public transport. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 11, 2019

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Posted at Oct 12 01:07 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Youth group: Panelo commute proof that gov’t is ‘detached’ from everyday realities

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Posted at Oct 11 09:17 PM

Panelo should consider his nearly 4-hour commute to Malacañang proof of how distressing the public-transport system is in Metro Manila, activists said on Friday. Read more »

'Window hours' para sa mga truck di muna ipatutupad sa SLEX

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Posted at Oct 11 07:05 PM

Layon sana nitong maibsan ang matinding traffic na nararanasan sa SLEX dahil sa Skyway extension project. Read more »

Bong Go: Only Superman can solve Metro Manila traffic

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 06:36 PM

Go says he does not agree there is a transportation crisis in Metro Manila, adding that the traffic problem has existed for a while. Read more »

Lalaki na naghahabol makasakay pauwi, nagulungan ng bus

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Posted at Oct 11 06:35 PM

Nagulungan ng bus ang isang lalaking naghahabol na makasakay sa bus sa Guadalupe sa lungsod ng Makati nitong Biyernes. Read more »

After long commute, Panelo insists no transport crisis, just 'traffic crisis'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 03:13 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo maintained his position Friday that there was no mass transport crisis plaguing Filipino commuters, even after it took him 4 hours to get to work in Malacañang from his home in Marikina City. Read more »

House leader eyes odd-even scheme on Metro Manila bus routes

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Updated as of Oct 11 01:44 PM

The House Committee on Transportation is eyeing to implement an odd-even number coding scheme along Metro Manila bus routes to ease congestion in the capital region's major thoroughfares, a lawmaker said Friday. Read more »

Ride-sharing with Panelo

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 12:20 PM

A rider gives Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo a free motorcycle ride along J.P. Laurel going to Malacañang Palace on Friday. Read more »

Bus consortium sought to ease EDSA traffic

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Updated as of Oct 11 12:55 PM

Lawmakers are enjoining bus companies operating in EDSA to form a consortium that will have a single dispatch system that can control the number of buses on the crammed thoroughfare, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Friday. Read more »

‘It’s a silly acceptance,’ Panelo says of his commute challenge

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 05:03 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo insisted on Thursday that he is not trying to prove anything in accepting a challenge to take public transportation on Friday after drawing flak for playing down daily commuter woes. Read more »

WATCH: What will finished Skyway extension look like?

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Posted at Oct 10 03:09 PM

The San Miguel Corp unit building the Skyway extension project showed on Thursday what the tollway will look like once finished.  Read more »

'Highway to hell': Toll suspension eyed as motorists spend 'half a day' in SLEX traffic

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Updated as of Oct 10 11:10 AM

The Toll Regulatory Board said Thursday it was studying a proposal to suspend fees along the South Luzon Expressway, where a lawmaker said motorists have been spending half their day due to heavy traffic spawned by the Skyway extension project.  Read more »

SLEX traffic to ease in December: manager

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Updated as of Oct 10 09:53 AM

SOME RELIEF AHEAD: Congestion in the South Luzon Expressway will ease in December after authorities remove heavy equipment and road obstructions being used in the ongoing Skyway extension project, its manager said Thursday.  Read more »

'Oras, kita naaaksaya sa trapikong dulot ng one-way scheme sa SLEX'

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Updated as of Oct 09 07:01 PM

Kabi-kabilang batikos ang inabot ng one-way traffic scheme sa East Service Road mula Alabang hanggang Sucat.  Read more »

Traffic to get worse if SC decision on sewer lines implemented: water utility firms

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Posted at Oct 09 03:54 PM

Traffic congestion will worsen in many parts of Metro Manila if water utility firms are pushed to complete sewer projects within five years, Manila Water and Maynilad warned on Wednesday. Read more »

One-way traffic ipinatutupad sa bahagi ng SLEX

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Posted at Oct 09 12:54 AM

Nagpapatupad ng bagong traffic scheme sa SLEX para maibsan ang mabigat na traffic dulot ng Skyway Extension Project. Read more »