Technical and practical reasons prevent law enforcement agencies from immediately destroying the illegal drugs that they seize from anti-narcotics operations. This was learned by congressmen during the recent House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing on the alleged "recycling" of confiscated drug...
Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop is willing to bet with Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez that the much-anticiapted Metro Manila Subway Project won't be completed on time. Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop (HREP website) Acop had this to...
At least 20,000 commuters will be affected daily by the impending closure of the Philippine National Railways (PNR). (PNR website) Thus, said Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez during a public hearing of fhe House Committee on Transportation on Thursday,...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez told congressmen "there was something wrong" with the procurement system of the previous Duterte administration in connection with the LRT (Light Rail Transit) Line 1 Cavite Extension Project. Parañaque City 2nd district...
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) will be temporarily shut down later this year, perhaps by the summer. PNR (Wikipedia) This was confirmed by Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez during a public hearing of the House Committee on Transportation on...
Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop says it's the "policy of government" to encourage commuters to file complaints against alleged abusive transportation service providers. Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop (Facebook) Acop, chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, had this...
House Committee on Transportation Chairman Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop couldn't help but think of worst-case scenarios involving the aviation sector after experts failed to categorically rule out cyber attack as a possible cause of the Jan. 1 Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)...
The House of Committee on Transportation will continue its briefing on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) New Year's day crisis on Wednesday morning, Jan. 18. (MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed on Monday, Jan. 16 by the office of Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop. Acop chairs...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista proved to congressmen Tuesday, Jan. 10 that the agency was taking the issue of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) New Year's day crisis very seriously. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista (Facebook) This, after Bautista spent six...
A device worth just P10,000 ended up causing P100 million in damages on New Year’s day when the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was paralyzed by a "trip" within its Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM). (Noel...
The Committee on Transportation in the House of Representatives will conduct an briefing on the disastrous New Year power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) next week. The scene at NAIA on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, or a day after the power outage that affected over 300 flights....
The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation is in favor of the proposed privatization of the EDSA bus carousel or bus way system by the third quarter of next year. Antipolo 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop (Facebook) Antipolo 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop expressed his support to the endeavor...