{"id":67024,"date":"2015-12-11T05:15:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T10:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=67024"},"modified":"2015-12-11T05:15:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T10:15:58","slug":"metro-traffic-jam-causes-economic-loss-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/11\/metro-traffic-jam-causes-economic-loss-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro traffic jam causes economic loss in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA – In a study released by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in September 2014, the Philippines is costing at least P2.4 billion a day due to traffic jams in Metro Manila.<\/span><\/p>\n

National Economic Development Authority Director General Arsenio Balisacan estimated that the economic loss from the horrific traffic is at least P3 billion a day, which sums up the 0.8 percent of the domestic gross product. JICA said that it will be likely to reach P6 billion a day by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are spending much time getting a ride, and traveling going to their respective offices,\u201d said Dr. Rene E. Ofreneo, director of the Center for Labor Justice of the UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ofreneo also said that the 8-hour day of an employee is supposedly spent for work, socialization and rest, but has been reduced due to gridlock.<\/span><\/p>\n

The terrible traffic in the Metro streets, Ofreneo added, shows the inability of the government to manage a public service.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said that time spent by an employee on commuting lessens productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Metro Manila has poor transport service, the TUCP calls the government and private and public employers from 2012 to implement a flexible working time for employees that includes a compressed, four-day work week, variable working hours, time banking, and work-from-home options.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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