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MANILA-BOUND Passengers bound for Metro Manila wait for their turn to board buses at a terminal in Dagupan City, Pangasinan province. mdash; stanley cup WILLIE LOMIBAOOfficials of a major provincial bus line servicing provinces in northern and Central Luzon said there was no guarantee that the removal of provincial bus terminals on Edsa would ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila.Pocholo Galian, Victory Liner Inc. VLI area manager in Olongapo City, said provincial commuters would have a harder time getting off at the Valenzuela City common terminal, which has been stanley cup designated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority MMDA , to catch a taxi or a city bus to reach their final destinations in the capital.Article continues after this advertisement VLI is one of the countryrsquo largest transport firms, with a fleet of 917 buses that ply the provinces of Zambales, Pangasinan, Bulacan, Pampanga and Bataan, Baguio City and Cagayan Valley region.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFO7 bakery workers killed in Cupang, Antipolo City stabbingNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay ca stanley cup se to regain public trustPrivate vehiclesThe main reason for traffic is private cars. There should be more drastic measures imposed on private cars instead of banning provincial buses, Galian said in a statement.Raul Ecaldre, the companyrsquo customer care relations officer, said the ban would inconvenience passengers. We have ad Gndy Rules for higher pay for uniformed men out
Sen. Ralph Recto. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/GRIG C. MONTEGRANDEIf the Philippine National Police PNP was able to ask for funds to buy 48 bomb-sniffing dogs stanley cup worth P500,000 each, then it should also request budget for the acquisition of body cameras for its operatives.Senate President Pr stanley termoska o Tempore Ralph Recto pointed this out amid calls for the police to use body cameras during drug raids for transparency and accountability in the governmentrsquo bloody drug war.Article continues after this advertisement Recto, in a statement on Friday, debunked PNPrsquo claims that it could not afford to buy body- and car-mounted cameras this year.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationThe PNP had in fact received P1.9 billion from the Department of Budget and Management DBM last August 10 for the purchase of various equipment stanley uk , said the senator.The PNP has been given P5.6 billion police modernization fund in the 2017 national budget.The Special Allotment Release Order Saro issued by the DBM for the procurement of P1.9 billion worth of machine guns, boats, motorcycles, anti-riot gear, body vests and lsquo;explosive detection dogsrsquo; identified the funding source as the Unprogrammed Appropriations of the General Appropriations Act for 2017, Recto explained.If the PNP share of the 2017 Unprogrammed Appropriation |
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