{"id":134366,"date":"2017-11-27T04:41:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T09:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=134366"},"modified":"2025-01-14T23:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:53:51","slug":"poe-urges-duterte-to-certify-emergency-powers-vs-traffic-as-urgent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/27\/poe-urges-duterte-to-certify-emergency-powers-vs-traffic-as-urgent\/","title":{"rendered":"Poe urges Duterte to certify emergency powers vs traffic as urgent"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109585\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GracePoeAug3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109585\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GracePoeAug3.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services, said in a statement that the \u201cfastest way\u201d to advance Senate Bill 1284 or the proposed Traffic and Congestion Crisis Act is through a Malaca\u00f1ang certification, just like other urgent measures immediately passed by Congress. (PNA photo)\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GracePoeAug3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GracePoeAug3-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services, said in a statement that the \u201cfastest way\u201d to advance Senate Bill 1284 or the proposed Traffic and Congestion Crisis Act is through a Malaca\u00f1ang certification, just like other urgent measures immediately passed by Congress. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To fast-track the solution to continuing transportation woes in the country, Senator Grace Poe called on President Rodrigo Duterte to certify the pending emergency powers bill as urgent for its approval and implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Poe, the chairperson of the Senate committee on public services, said in a statement that the \u201cfastest way\u201d to advance Senate Bill 1284 or the proposed Traffic and Congestion Crisis Act is through a Malaca\u00f1ang certification, just like other urgent measures immediately passed by Congress.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/super-cialis.html\">watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/super-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe emergency powers bill will surely move (in the Senate) if Malaca\u00f1ang makes it a priority and certifies it to speed up the implementation of projects to ease traffic,\u201d said Poe who sponsored it for approval on second reading last year.<\/p>\n<p>The measure seeks to cut hitches on the implementation of transportation projects such as excluding lower courts from issuing temporary restraining orders, for the duration of the emergency powers.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also met with officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), demanding for their submission of their concrete traffic crisis plans to the plenary after the tax reform and budget deliberations are finished.<\/p>\n<p>The agencies vowed to submit a comprehensive report on priority projects that will be implemented during the duration of the proposed emergency powers before the session break.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy arimidex online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/arimidex.html\">watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/arimidex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Poe said that there are only three weeks or nine session days left before Congress adjourns for the Christmas break.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte\u2019s certification as urgent will push Congress to pass the bill on second and third reading within the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Poe said Duterte, who pitched the idea to Congress for the emergency powers versus traffic during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), could also issue marching orders to his allies in the House of Representative and the Senate to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy augmentin online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/augmentin.html\">watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/augmentin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy 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