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                    [ArticleID] => 1261143
                    [Title] => Makati suspends anti-belching operations
                    [Summary] => 

Following allegations of extortion by those tasked to implement it, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay on Tuesday ordered the suspension of anti-smoke belching operations in the city.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-26 15:27:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 913177 [Title] => Makati nabs 5,023 smoke belchers in 2012 [Summary] =>

A total of 5,023 drivers of smoke-belching vehicles were arrested by the Makati Pollution and Control Office (MPCO) last year, an official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 913042 [Title] => Makati nabs more than 5,000 smoke belchers [Summary] =>

 A total of 5,023 smoke belchers were nabbed by the Makati Pollution and Control Office (MPCO) in anti-smoke belching operations last year in the city’s major and inner roads.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-25 18:01:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 842996 [Title] => When the remedy is worse than the disease [Summary] =>

They may have started out with good intentions, but what do you do when the enforcement tactics of a law or ordinance seems to wreak more havoc than the actual infringement?  

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133930 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1370511 [AuthorName] => James Deakin [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 804651 [Title] => Whatever works! [Summary] =>

 The threat of an association of doctors to file a multimillion peso class suit against the DOTC or the Department of Transportation and Communications, with no less than its secretary, the Honorable Mar Roxas in tow for their being remiss in the implementation of the Clean Air Act causing the rise of respiratory diseases among the populace, has been reported to remain just that, a threat.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 798041 [Title] => DOTC, MMDA, DENR to crack down on smoke belchers [Summary] =>

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will launch an aggressive campaign to crack down on smoke-belching vehicles in the metropolis in coordination with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 665796 [Title] => Explosion feared at Japan nuclear plant [Summary] =>

Japanese officials say they believe a hydrogen explosion has occurred at Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, similar to an earlier one at a different unit in the facility.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-14 10:59:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 484016 [Title] => How did they pass inspection [Summary] =>

We received some complaints from readers about dilapidated vehicles that continue to be operated.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134831 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1622030 [AuthorName] => Nimrod NL Quiñones [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 452877 [Title] => MMDA bats for seizure of smoke-belchers [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Metro Manila Development Authority chairman Bayani Fernando today suggested that smoke-belching motor vehicles should be impounded when seen on the streets.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-29 14:30:10 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173005 [Title] => No budget for clean air drive [Summary] => Is the clean air drive in Metro Manila going up in smoke?

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has complained that its anti-smoke belching campaign has been receiving little support from most of local government units.

While the MMDA has already provided all of the LGUs with equipment necessary for emission testing, implementation has been hampered by lack of budget.

Late last year, the MMDA acquired 25 opacimeters, or emission-testing machines for diesel engines using a loan from the Asian Development Bank.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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