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                    [Title] => Road mishaps costing SEA $11-B a year
                    [Summary] => Saddled with the world’s worst road safety records, Southeast Asia is losing a whopping $11 billion annually from motor vehicle accidents, and experts are warning of even greater losses unless governments take swift action. 


A key reason for the road crashes is the increasing number of motor vehicles, especially motorcycles, catering to the rapid growth in the resource-rich region, the experts from the Asian Developmnent Bank (ADB) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163939 [Title] => Bus firms seek government subsidy [Summary] => Public utility bus operators in Metro Manila are asking the government to provide subsidies to improve the quality of their fleet.

Integrated Metro Bus Operators Association president Claire dela Fuente made the appeal during the launching of ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.’s Text Usok the other day where the PUBs were singled out as the main culprits of smoke belching along EDSA.

According to the Land Transportation Office, their limited anti-smoke belching operations has resulted in the apprehension of an average of 50 buses a day.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Road mishaps costing SEA $11-B a year
                    [Summary] => Saddled with the world’s worst road safety records, Southeast Asia is losing a whopping $11 billion annually from motor vehicle accidents, and experts are warning of even greater losses unless governments take swift action. 


A key reason for the road crashes is the increasing number of motor vehicles, especially motorcycles, catering to the rapid growth in the resource-rich region, the experts from the Asian Developmnent Bank (ADB) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163939 [Title] => Bus firms seek government subsidy [Summary] => Public utility bus operators in Metro Manila are asking the government to provide subsidies to improve the quality of their fleet.

Integrated Metro Bus Operators Association president Claire dela Fuente made the appeal during the launching of ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.’s Text Usok the other day where the PUBs were singled out as the main culprits of smoke belching along EDSA.

According to the Land Transportation Office, their limited anti-smoke belching operations has resulted in the apprehension of an average of 50 buses a day.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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