US President Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of transportation was confirmed on Tuesday by the Senate, making Pete Buttigieg the first openly gay member of a White House cabinet.
Millions of census-takers began knocking on doors across China on Sunday for a once-a-decade head count of the world’s largest population that for the first time will use mobile apps to help crunch the massive numbers.
“It’s a matter of time.”
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto believes traditional jeepneys should be allowed to operate again so commuters will have more transportation options.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon believes the P16.4-billion budget for the government’s campaign to end communism will be spent on administration allies’ 2022 electoral bids.
Senator Imee Marcos urged the government Thursday (August 13) to reconsider its order requiring Filipinos to wear face masks at work and public utility vehicles.
Government workers required to physically report for work should be provided with transportation, especially during the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) and ECQ where public transportation is not allowed to operate.
Malacañang said the government can’t let all modes of transportation operate as this will only “defeat the purpose of quarantine.”
Anticipating a prolonged Luzon-wide lockdown due to the COVID-19 crisis, a member of the House committee on transportation has tapped UV Express vans to provide free transportation for health care workers in the fight against the dreaded disease.
House committee on transportation chair Edgar Sarmiento (Samar) has called for the return of the mandatory drug testing requirement in securing a driver’s license.
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda on Friday defended his House Bill 78, which removes the foreign ownership restrictions on certain industries, including transportation and telecommunications, from criticisms it violates the Constitution and will disadvantage Filipino workers.
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto proved he’s independent-minded Sotto refused to do the fist bump pose even when he’s surrounded by politikos who did
Amid mounting criticism over problems in transportation, accommodations, and food for the athletes, Malacañang asked the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), in charge of preparations for the games, to “perform better services expected of them.”
Senator Pia Cayetano has filed a measure to recognize bicycles as a sustainable mode of transportation throughout the Philippines.
Bayan Muna chairman and Makabayan senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares vowed on Thursday to push for legislation “that defines poverty in a truthful and realistic manner, so that we can also solve the problem adequately and effectively.”
Angkas, a motorcycle-hailing company, has asked the Supreme Court to lift the temporary restraining order which gave transportation agencies the authority to apprehend its riders.
Jeepney modernization, ‘tokhang’ on transportation – Carlos Isagani Zarate
Panel deliberations for the proposed P3.767-trillion national budget for 2019 will begin as scheduled on Tuesday (July 31).
Senator Grace Poe has raised the need to hear the sentiments of those in the provinces with regard to the effect of the tax reform program in their daily lives.
The Department of Finance (DOF) called the uptick in inflation that immediately followed the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law, “moderate” or at “manageable” levels.
Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta admitted that the funds of the government law office extending free legal assistance to indigents are being used to provide transportation and medical assistance to children who have received the anti-dengue Dengvaxia vaccine.
Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto is worried that despite the rhetoric of change, the Duterte administration’s much ballyhooed “build, build, build” infrastructure is suffering the same fate of its predecessor.
President Rodrigo Duterte has no respect for critics of his plan to splurge P3.6 trillion on building transportation, water, energy, environment, information technology.
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