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                    [Title] => Moratorium sa bagong PETCs ipatutupad
                    [Summary] => Pinakilos kahapon ni Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza si Undersecretary Arturo Valdez at LTO chief Anneli Lontoc kaugnay ng pagpapatupad ng moratorium hinggil sa pagkakaloob ng awtorisasyon para makapag-operate ang mga bagong Private Emission Testing Centers (PETCs) nationwide.


Nais malaman ni Mendoza sa lalong madaling panahon mula kina Valdez at Lontoc kung bakit kinakailangang bawiin ang isang memorandum order na nagpapahintulot sa mga bagong PETCs na makapag-operate.
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Thousands were, however, caught unaware of the order and were inconvenienced by the abrupt halt of the rail lines’ operations.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213852 [Title] => RP, US to hold air talks anew [Summary] => The Philippines and the United States will hold negotiations in Manila today to try and settle a dispute on giving greater access to each other’s domestic airline market.

Washington wants Manila to give US carriers unlimited access to its domestic market but has refused to open its market to Philippine carriers.

The last air talks, which bogged down, were held in Washington in February.

Transport Undersecretary Edward Harun Pagunsan will lead the Philippine negotiating panel in the latest round of talks.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213661 [Title] => Kolorum na jeepney tutugisin [Summary] => Simula sa susunod na buwan, huhulihin na ng Land Transportation Office (LTO) ang lahat ng mga kolorum na pampasaherong jeepney na namamayagpag sa Metro Manila.

Ang kampanyang ito laban sa mga kolorum na jeepney ay iniutos ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo matapos ang tagumpay na rationalization program ng Dept. of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) sa mga pampasaherong bus na nagresulta upang bumaba ang bilang na nagbibiyahe mula sa 10,000 noong taong 2001 at ito ay umabot na lang ngayon sa 3,150 na bus.
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DOTC spokesman Thompson Lantion pointed out that since roads can no longer be expanded, the best way to ease the traffic flow is to reduce the volume of vehicles.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185771 [Title] => ATO suspects LIA switched off black box [Summary] => The Air Transportation Office (ATO) expressed suspicion yesterday that the "black box" of the crashed Laoag International Airlines (LIA) Flight 585 may have been "deliberately" switched off so that the goings-on in the ill-fated Fokker-27 would not be recorded.

"Somebody must have tinkered with the black boxes," said ATO chief Adelberto Yap. "I don’t know what they are up to but it seems they don’t want the goings-on in the cockpit recorded."
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179771 [Title] => More smoke testers in Metro eyed [Summary] => The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is confident that it could put up enough Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) facilities by next year.

DOTC Undersecretary Arturo Valdez said the biggest hindrance to the full implementation of the program is the lack of centers that will check the smoke emission of the three million motor vehicles nationwide.
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In a meeting with DOTC Undersecretary Arturo Valdez, transport groups said the program should be implemented in January next year to give them more time to prepare.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 177658 [Title] => Kolorum ng PUVs wawalisin sa loob ng 6 buwan [Summary] => Lilinisin ng Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) laban sa mga colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs) ang Metro Manila, partikular na ang mga bumibiyaheng pampasaherong bus sa kahabaan ng EDSA upang maresolba ang malalang daloy ng trapiko.

Ito ang tiniyak kahapon ni DOTC Undersecretary Arturo Valdez sa panayam ng mediamen.

Ayon kay Valdez, naniniwala ang kanilang tanggapan na sa sandaling malinis na sa mga colorum PUVs ang Metro Manila ay malaki ang maitutulong nito upang magluwag na ang masikip na daloy ng trapiko.
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DOTC Undersecretary Arturo Valdez said the agency will intensify its anti-smoke belching program using 94 new opacimeter units, which will help enforcers gauge the level of smoke emission.

"We used to have only three opacimeters. This is really not enough considering the volume of vehicles that we have now," he noted.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Moratorium sa bagong PETCs ipatutupad
                    [Summary] => Pinakilos kahapon ni Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza si Undersecretary Arturo Valdez at LTO chief Anneli Lontoc kaugnay ng pagpapatupad ng moratorium hinggil sa pagkakaloob ng awtorisasyon para makapag-operate ang mga bagong Private Emission Testing Centers (PETCs) nationwide.


Nais malaman ni Mendoza sa lalong madaling panahon mula kina Valdez at Lontoc kung bakit kinakailangang bawiin ang isang memorandum order na nagpapahintulot sa mga bagong PETCs na makapag-operate.
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Thousands were, however, caught unaware of the order and were inconvenienced by the abrupt halt of the rail lines’ operations.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213852 [Title] => RP, US to hold air talks anew [Summary] => The Philippines and the United States will hold negotiations in Manila today to try and settle a dispute on giving greater access to each other’s domestic airline market.

Washington wants Manila to give US carriers unlimited access to its domestic market but has refused to open its market to Philippine carriers.

The last air talks, which bogged down, were held in Washington in February.

Transport Undersecretary Edward Harun Pagunsan will lead the Philippine negotiating panel in the latest round of talks.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213661 [Title] => Kolorum na jeepney tutugisin [Summary] => Simula sa susunod na buwan, huhulihin na ng Land Transportation Office (LTO) ang lahat ng mga kolorum na pampasaherong jeepney na namamayagpag sa Metro Manila.

Ang kampanyang ito laban sa mga kolorum na jeepney ay iniutos ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo matapos ang tagumpay na rationalization program ng Dept. of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) sa mga pampasaherong bus na nagresulta upang bumaba ang bilang na nagbibiyahe mula sa 10,000 noong taong 2001 at ito ay umabot na lang ngayon sa 3,150 na bus.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 195067 [Title] => DOTC pushes for return of ‘coding’ [Summary] => The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) pushed yesterday for the re-implementation of the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), or the color-coding scheme to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila.

DOTC spokesman Thompson Lantion pointed out that since roads can no longer be expanded, the best way to ease the traffic flow is to reduce the volume of vehicles.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185771 [Title] => ATO suspects LIA switched off black box [Summary] => The Air Transportation Office (ATO) expressed suspicion yesterday that the "black box" of the crashed Laoag International Airlines (LIA) Flight 585 may have been "deliberately" switched off so that the goings-on in the ill-fated Fokker-27 would not be recorded.

"Somebody must have tinkered with the black boxes," said ATO chief Adelberto Yap. "I don’t know what they are up to but it seems they don’t want the goings-on in the cockpit recorded."
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179771 [Title] => More smoke testers in Metro eyed [Summary] => The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is confident that it could put up enough Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) facilities by next year.

DOTC Undersecretary Arturo Valdez said the biggest hindrance to the full implementation of the program is the lack of centers that will check the smoke emission of the three million motor vehicles nationwide.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179379 [Title] => Transport groups protest mandatory smoke-belch tests [Summary] => Transport groups asked the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to suspend the implementation of the mandatory smoke emission-testing program, saying it was not submitted for a public hearing.

In a meeting with DOTC Undersecretary Arturo Valdez, transport groups said the program should be implemented in January next year to give them more time to prepare.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 177658 [Title] => Kolorum ng PUVs wawalisin sa loob ng 6 buwan [Summary] => Lilinisin ng Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) laban sa mga colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs) ang Metro Manila, partikular na ang mga bumibiyaheng pampasaherong bus sa kahabaan ng EDSA upang maresolba ang malalang daloy ng trapiko.

Ito ang tiniyak kahapon ni DOTC Undersecretary Arturo Valdez sa panayam ng mediamen.

Ayon kay Valdez, naniniwala ang kanilang tanggapan na sa sandaling malinis na sa mga colorum PUVs ang Metro Manila ay malaki ang maitutulong nito upang magluwag na ang masikip na daloy ng trapiko.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176046 [Title] => Smoke-belchers warned [Summary] => Enforcers of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will no longer rely on their own judgment when they go after smokebelchers along EDSA, starting tomorrow.

DOTC Undersecretary Arturo Valdez said the agency will intensify its anti-smoke belching program using 94 new opacimeter units, which will help enforcers gauge the level of smoke emission.

"We used to have only three opacimeters. This is really not enough considering the volume of vehicles that we have now," he noted.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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