You know things have gotten out of hand when the whole Cabinet is tasked to discuss it.
“Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras will meet with concerned Cabinet members this week to draw up a plan to solve the worsening traffic situation in Metro Manila,” reports Delon Porcalla in The Philippine Star.
The report indicated that the meeting was called following complaints against the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in the wake of the seven-hour bottleneck on C-5 Road resulting from a vehicular accident on Monday, August 4.
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Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma “asked the public and the media for more understanding as the two agencies are trying to solve a very complicated problem: easing and regulating or removing illegal public transportation from the streets.”
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