{"id":225332,"date":"2019-08-01T03:41:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T07:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=225332"},"modified":"2025-01-19T19:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T00:21:47","slug":"dilg-to-ask-congress-to-pass-law-prohibiting-selling-of-cars-to-those-without-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/01\/dilg-to-ask-congress-to-pass-law-prohibiting-selling-of-cars-to-those-without-parking\/","title":{"rendered":"DILG to ask Congress to pass law prohibiting selling of cars to those without parking"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_225333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225333\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/8207649089_c12f2402a1_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225333\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/8207649089_c12f2402a1_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/8207649089_c12f2402a1_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/8207649089_c12f2402a1_z-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;We will ask Congress for a &#8216;no garage, no car&#8217; policy. Meaning, if you cannot prove that you have a garage for your vehicle, a garage which is not being used, then you should not be sold the car,&#8221; Malaya said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zofran online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zofran.html\">https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zofran.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ogachin\/8207649089\/in\/photolist-dvhm8c-7xzjg6-eEkDGb-j55CjH-9NGve1-24ntBa4-bb3Dwt-2dzZNAt-fgh5Ap-4g9r4f-eKFvB9-4FqfRV-4g5phg-24NnKjS-4g9oyd-Knefoa-26awrUC-9Z9gfY-4g5ng8-7z1hp4-CTpehg-ARWmo8-pswFu6-57QUki-7UGfYU-EPF9k-4LFax3-4thj6L-5zRcWy-dS9Ts8-EtyrdY-29TeSih-EPN4e-gNQVNJ-4R2c77-911dgU-4tdSco-o2ybAY-zms4ik-w6YRc-gSvWVQ-2aCTvkF-VCBX8P-4LJkqB-EPL54-4LNwgC-e95z1W-gduiqh-911dhS-mirwBc\">photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ogachin\/\">gtknj\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">As part of the administration&#8217;s efforts to ease traffic congestion in the country, the Department of interior and Local Government (DILG) said it will ask the Congress to pass a law that will prohibit the selling of vehicles to those who do not have a parking space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, August 1, DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya told <i>ANC&#8217;s Headstart <\/i>that there are over one million cars in Metro Manila that have no parking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;We will ask Congress for a &#8216;no garage, no car&#8217; policy. Meaning, if you cannot prove that you have a garage for your vehicle, a garage which is not being used, then you should not be sold the car,&#8221; Malaya said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has earlier filed the Proof of Parking Space Act which would allow consumers purchase a vehicle only if they presented an affidavit proving that they have acquired a parking space, either through purchase or lease, for the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Malaya said the DILG supports this measure, noting that it can be &#8220;one of the solutions, a long term solution to our parking problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last week, Gatchalian called on President Rodrigo Duterte to certify the bill as urgent, saying that it will be &#8220;a big boost to the administration&#8217;s campaign of reclaiming public roads and help ease the perennial traffic woes&#8221; experienced in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;I hope President Duterte will certify this bill as urgent as it is very much aligned with his vision of alleviating the constant struggles of the commuting public,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The DILG has given Metro Manila mayors 60 days to clear the capital region&#8217;s road.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy wegovy online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/wegovy.html\">https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/wegovy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Malaya said the 60-day deadline kicked off on Monday and that they were &#8220;happy with the results so far.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy voltaren online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/voltaren.html\">https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/voltaren.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the administration&#8217;s efforts to ease traffic congestion in the country, the Department of interior and Local Government &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":225333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225332","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225332"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285954,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225332\/revisions\/285954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}