The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has clarified issues on the payout for bus operators and drivers participating in the government's service contracting program. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement, the LTFRB said it has already distributed a total of...
What's worse than a "kamote" rider? A defiant kamote rider who runs away from enforcers, that's what. MMDA traffic czar Edison "Bong" Nebrija (Photo from Nebrija's Facebook) "It’s becoming very frequent that we are experiencing violators running away from enforcers," Metropolitan Manila...
The prohibition against light trucks along EDSA and Shaw Boulevard will be re-implemented beginning Monday, May 24. (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) This was bared by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in an advisory Wednesday, May 19. Violators of the rule will be slapped with a...
Safer and more convenient walkways await commuters and pedestrians alike with the upcoming construction of the EDSA Busway Concourse Project next month, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. Conceptual image of the EDSA Busway Concourse. (Photo from DOTr) The DOTr led on Tuesday, May 18,...
The rebuilding of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) almost forty years ago today was “one of the best good things” that former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos has done for her country, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. Former First Lady Imelda Marcos (3rd from...
Another duo of traffic enforcers-slash-extortionists from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has bitten the dust. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos. (Ali Vicoy / File photo / Manila Bulletin) This, as MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos terminated from service of traffic enforcers Mark James...
The Mega Manila Consortium Corporation (MMCC) has belied claims that its bus firms on the EDSA Carousel Route participating in the government's free ride program have limited their operations over issues of non-payment. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Our bus units that are operating to provide free...
Although traffic still lingers on EDSA during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade insisted that travel time along the country's main thoroughfare has already improved. (Jansen Romero/ File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In his speech...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will never whitewash the wrongful acts of its traffic personnel. MMDA traffic czar Edison "Bong" Nebrija (Photo from Nebrija's Facebook) The agency's EDSA traffic czar, Edison "Bong" Nebrija gave this guarantee to his followers on Facebook...
Six areas in Quezon City will be closed to traffic from Friday, May 7, to Sunday, May 9, to give way to road repairs of the Department of Public Works and Highways. According to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the areas that will undertake re-blocking and repairs are the...
This feel-good story is for those who doubt the goodness in the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) traffic enforcers. The two honest MMDA traffic enforcers. (Photos courtesy of EDSA STTZ) Two of them, Jaypee Cabatuando and Floramae Suegay, found a lost wallet containing P11,000 in...
So-called "Kamote Riders"--riders who have wanton disregard for the law and rules of the road--are quite a common sight on EDSA. But this particular kamote rider did something so egregious that Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija couldn't help but make...
