Categories
Government

DIZON SACKS 5 AIRPORT COPS LINKED TO EXTORTION

Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered the relief of five airport police involved in the alleged 60/40 extortion scheme against taxi drivers at the country’s main gateway.Dizon likewise ordered the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to investigate the extortion scheme, in line with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to government workers to serve the Filipinos […]

Categories
Government

DOTR TO REVOKE LICENSE OF OVERCHARGING CABBIE

Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered the immediate suspension and eventual revocation of the driver’s license of a Taxihub Transport driver who overcharged a NAIA passenger, which was caught on video. Following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s order to ensure that passengers are charged fairly, Dizon likewise ordered the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and Land Transportation […]

Categories
Politics

ESCUDERO LAUDS DIZON FOR ‘TANIM-BALA’ ACTION

Senate President Chiz Escudero on Tuesday called on transport and justice officials to conduct a top-to-bottom cleansing of their ranks deployed to airports around the country to improve the country’s image to visitors here and abroad, following the dismissal of security personnel involved in “tanim-bala” (bullet planting) scheme. Escudero lauded newly installed Transportation Secretary Vince […]

Categories
Politics

IMPROVE SERVICE, FIX CONGESTION AT AIRPORTS – POE

Senator Grace Poe exhorted the government to implement a string of measures to ease congestion and improve the services at the country’s airports. Poe made the call amid the expected influx of passengers using the Philippines’ various gateways, including the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to travel for the holidays. “Space is becoming increasingly scarce […]

Categories
Government

TAGUIG’S WIDENED LAWTON AVE SOON TO OPEN – VILLAR

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano, Taguig Representative Lani Cayetano recently led the inaugural ceremony for the completion of Phase 1 of the road widening project at Fort Bonifacio – Nichols Field Road, most commonly known as Lawton Avenue, in Taguig City. “We are glad to inform the motoring public […]