President Rodrigo Duterte is puzzled why such an ultimate loser and unprincipled man like senatorial bet Mar Roxas is still gunning for a public post despite losing two straight times in the last six years and going through Cabinet posts in three administrations.
President Rodrigo Duterte is hopeful that he would see the Japan-funded Metro Manila Subway start its excavation before he steps down in 2022.
Malacañang on Friday told Vice President Leni Robredo that the string of cases filed against officials of the previous administration over the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) mess was to make them accountable and not to cover up President Rodrigo Duterte’s failure to fix the country’s busiest railway.
“Hindi puwedeng lagi tayong naninisi sa nakaraan dahil sa responsibilidad na natin ito.”
Even if he was cleared by the Court of Appeals (CA), Senior Superintendent Eduardo Acierto was still a co-accused of former Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Alan Purisima in connection with the courier service mess.
Senator Tito Sotto’s ‘silver bullet’ against Metro traffic
Atty. Al Vitangcol asks: DOTC ang bidding pero bakit ako sa MRT3 ang naiipit sa kaso?
The Commission on Audit has taken the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to task for paying an advertising agency close to P40 million despite its failure to submit the reports necessary for the implementation of a public information campaign.
The operator of the Manila North Harbor has filed graft charges against Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) Officer-in-Charge and Assistant General Manager for Operations Raul T. Santos for allegedly blocking its operations as an international port.
For outgoing Senate President Franklin Drilon, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) should be given sole responsibility and accountability for fixing the metro traffic under a regime of “emergency powers”.
