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GMA Network
15 hours ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
5 airport police allegedly involved in extortion of taxi drivers sacked, says DOTr
The five airport police who are named in an alleged extortion scheme with taxi drivers have been suspended, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Vince Dizon said in a statement. Secretary Dizon also ordered the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to conduct an investigaton "in line with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s directive to government workers to serve the Filipinos and not to abuse their authority." 'Paulit-ulit na sinasabi ng Pangulo na dapat hindi natin pinapahirapan ang mga kababayan natin,' Secretary Dizon said. (The President repeatedly says that we should not make our countrymen suffer.) 'Ipapasuspende na natin itong mga ito. Tapos immediate proceedings na ito for termination,' he added. (We will suspend them. Then it's immediate proceedings for termination.) A taxi driver, who went viral for overcharging a passenger, earlier told Secretary Dizon that drivers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) charge high taxi fares because they have to give 40 percent of their earnings to the airport police. 'According dun sa kwento ni Felix [Taxihub] ang nagpapatakbo ng raket dito ay yung airport police. Sila ang nagiimpose ng mahal na rate at dun sa mamahaling rate na yun kumukuha sila ng 40-percent kaya ang naghihirap yung mga pasahero natin,' Secretary Dizon said in a statement. (According to Felix [Taxihub], the one running the racket here is the airport police. They are the ones who impose expensive rates and from that expensive rate, they take 40-percent, so our passengers are suffering.) 'Pagka hindi ka sumunod at nagcharge ka ng mababa at hindi nagremit nung hinihingi nila, either huhulihin ka o hindi ka papapasukin ng airport,' he added. (If you don't comply and charge less and don't remit what they ask, you will either be arrested or the airport will not let you in.) Dizon said that these "unscrupulous acts" will severely affect the country's tourism. — BAP, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
a day ago
- GMA Network
DOTr: NLEX Corp. liable for fatal mishap as truck hits Marilao bridge anew
The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corporation will be held liable for the road mishap on Wednesday which killed a 54-year-old passenger after a truck hit the Marilao Interchange Bridge anew, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. The incident comes three months after another trailer truck damaged the interchange bridge, severely disrupting traffic along two northbound NLEX lanes. In a Super Radyo dzBB interview on Thursday, Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said he would push for the waiving of the toll fees in affected areas on NLEX, should motorists experience heavy traffic due to Wednesday's incident. "Ako ay mago-order ngayon sa TRB ngayong araw na sabihan ang NLEX na liable sila doon sa nangyari na naman kahapon. Kasi nakalusot na naman sa Meycauayan exit… itong truck na masyadong mataas. So ibig sabihin niyan, pinalusot 'yan o nakalusot 'yan ng NLEX," Dizon said, referring to the Toll Regulatory Board. (I will order the TRB today to tell NLEX Corp. that it is liable for what happened yesterday. The truck was too high but it managed to pass through the Meycauayan exit again. So that means that the NLEX let the truck pass or it slipped through the company's watch.) "Ito po ay liable ang NLEX diyan and mabigat po ito. At ako ay susulat ngayon through TRB na unang una, kapag 'yan ay na-disrupt na naman ang mga kababayan natin sa biyahe, kasalanan nila 'yan, ipapalibre ko ulit ang toll diyan," he added. (The NLEX is liable and this is a serious offense. And I will write through the TRB that if such an incident disrupts trips of countrymen again, it is their fault, and therefore I will waive the toll fee there again.) Based on the initial investigation of the Marilao police, the trailer truck passed the Meycauayan exit to go back to Malabon, but it hit the interchange bridge on the northbound lane when it arrived in Marilao. A beam from the bridge fell and hit the vehicle behind the truck, resulting in the death of a passenger of an Asian utility vehicle (AUV) and injuries of others, including a two-year-old kid. According to the truck driver, he had no idea that the truck would strike the bridge because he supposedly passes there almost every day when going from Meycauayan to Malabon. The truck driver is now in the custody of Marilao police and will face complaints of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and serious physical injuries and damage to property. In the incident last March, the truck reportedly exceeded the 4.27-meter limit restriction under the Marilao Interchange Bridge. NLEX Corp. had said that it filed charges of reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property against the drivers and truck owners. — VDV, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
3 days ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
DOTr studying busway for España-Quezon Ave. route
The Department of Transportation is studying a possible busway for the España Boulevard to Quezon Avenue route similar to the EDSA model. In a Saksi report on Tuesday, DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon acknowledged there is a lack of buses, particularly for students, in the approximately 8-kilometer stretch from Manila to Quezon City and vice versa. He said the DOTr is conducting a feasibility study that is expected to be completed in 2026. Dizon expressed confidence that up to three operational stations of the Metro Manila Subway Project will be operational by the end of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 's term. Three of the five major right-of-way issues have been resolved while the remaining two are under discussion. DOTr has also accepted three proposals for the planned Integrated Terminal Exchange for Northern Metro Manila which is expected to be finished in 2028. —RF, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
3 days ago
- Business
- GMA Network
DOTr eyes España-Quezon Avenue busway system
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing to replicate the EDSA Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System or EDSA Busway model in other major thoroughfares in Metro Manila, particularly España Boulevard in Manila and Quezon Avenue in Quezon City. 'We need more of those (BRTs),' Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said at the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) Infrastructure Forum in Makati City. 'To me, the most viable and the most needed one is España to Quezon Avenue. That is very important. Busway [at] España, Quezon Avenue. That is going to be very viable…That's wide enough for a busway,' Dizon said. The Transportation chief said there are currently no buses serving commuters, especially students, in the España-Quezon Avenue stretch. 'We're doing FS (feasibility study) now,' he said, adding tthat the completion of the study would be 'hopefully next year.' Asked if the España-Quezon Avenue Busway will be operates by the private sector, Dizon said, 'I think we have to do it government muna…then we'll privatize the O&M (operations and maintenance).' 'It is not difficult to build. Kita mo naman [EDSA] Busway, pandemic lang ginawa nun,' he added. — BAP, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
3 days ago
- Business
- GMA Network
DOTr: Completion of north metro integrated terminal eyed in 2028
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said up to three proposals have been submitted for the planned integrated terminal exchange in northern Metro Manila, which it said could be finished by 2028 as it is "desperately needed." According to Transportation Secretary Vivencio "Vince" Dizon, the government is looking at duplicating the success of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) in southern Metro Manila. "We need more of that. There's gonna be one in Arca South developed by the Ayalas, and we desperately need one in the north, to cover the north. I think we can finish that by 2028," he said during the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) Infrastructure Forum. "Actually maraming nagpro-propose eh. Mga siguro dalawa o tatlo (Actually, many have submitted proposals. Maybe two or three)," he added, noting that he will be disclosing more information once details are ironed out. The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) last October committed the use of its 3-hectare property in Quezon City as the site of a modern intermodal transport hub that will be bigger than the PITX, following a presidential directive to develop a rail-city bus terminal and depot in the city. 'Punong puno na' With regard to the PITX, Dizon said the DOTr is now working with the private sector for possible expansion as the facility is already at full capacity. "When PITX was first conceptualized and it was studied, everybody said it won't work. Everybody said bus companies have their own terminals, walang lilipat diyan (no one will move there), etcetera etcetera, may kaso pa diyan, it's pending in the Supreme Court," he said. "Guess what, PITX is now very, very successful. In fact, it's full. Punong puno na. (Very full already). That's why we're working with Megawide now and Ayala to hopefully even expand Parañaque Terminal," he added. Before being rebranded by the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte into the PITX, the project was previously called the Southwest Terminal of the Integrated Transport System (ITS) under the presidency of former President Benigno Simeon "PNoy" Aquino III. The P2.5-billion public-private partnership (PPP) project was awarded by the then-Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to MWM Terminals, a consortium of Megawide Construction Corp. and WM Property Management Inc. in January 2015. — VDV, GMA Integrated News
