{"id":22198,"date":"2014-08-15T21:44:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T13:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=22198"},"modified":"2014-08-15T22:53:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T14:53:03","slug":"solon-urges-senate-to-probe-mrt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/15\/solon-urges-senate-to-probe-mrt\/","title":{"rendered":"Solon urges Senate to probe MRT"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21833\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MRT-derailed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21833\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MRT-derailed-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"MRT train derailed at Taft Station in Pasay City. Photo by Earl Jimenez \/ Twitter\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MRT-derailed-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MRT-derailed.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MRT train derailed at Taft Station in Pasay City. Photo by Earl Jimenez \/ Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Filing a resolution in the Senate, Sen. Nancy Binay urged the senate committee to conduct an investigation on the safety of the mass transport operations.<\/p>\n<p>The move was made following the recent accident of an MRT train which slammed a barrier at Taft Avenue station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to look into this, given that the system carries more passengers than it was designed for,\u201d Binay added.<\/p>\n<p>Binay also calls for a review of MRT operations as it carry more than 150,000 passangers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increasing number of incidents of train malfunction arising from inadequate maintenance of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-3 is alarming&#8230;(this) endangers the lives of the commuting public,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The senator cited reports of the train\u2019s lack of maintenance and absence of regular inspection which makes it helpless at times of accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Binay also added that the Senate should prioritize this in order \u201cto prevent future accidents and mishaps that may claim the lives of thousands of Filipino commuters and motorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Filing a resolution in the Senate, Sen. Nancy Binay urged the senate committee to conduct an investigation on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[1349,5848,3251,5561],"class_list":["post-22198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-mrt","tag-probe","tag-senate","tag-solon","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}