{"id":80204,"date":"2016-08-25T02:52:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T06:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=80204"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:12:27","slug":"poe-not-afraid-grant-emergency-powers-solve-phls-transport-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/25\/poe-not-afraid-grant-emergency-powers-solve-phls-transport-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Poe \u2018not afraid\u2019 to grant emergency powers to solve PHL\u2019s transport woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_80206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80206\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13892132_1218441071520438_1674688501926688197_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80206\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13892132_1218441071520438_1674688501926688197_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cI am not afraid to grant emergency powers if I feel that we have the safeguards there,\u201d Poe said in a presscon in Manila. (Photo: Poe's official Facebook page)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13892132_1218441071520438_1674688501926688197_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13892132_1218441071520438_1674688501926688197_n.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI am not afraid to grant emergency powers if I feel that we have the safeguards there,\u201d Poe said in a presscon in Manila. (Photo: P<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sengracepoe\/\" target=\"_blank\">oe&#8217;s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday said she does not fear the granting of emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to address the country\u2019s transport woes as long as there are safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not afraid to grant emergency powers if I feel that we have the safeguards there,\u201d Poe said in a weekly presscon in Ermita, Manila.<\/p>\n<p>Poe, Chair of the Committee on Public Service, also said that she had no fear because Congress had the power to withdraw it noting that the 1987 Constitution had the power to prevent possible abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Unless you go the revolutionary route, you can always invoke it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy professional cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/travel-vaccines\/html\/professional-cialis.html\">https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/travel-vaccines\/html\/professional-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> So in my case, my conscience will be clear in granting it as long as I know that we have the safeguards there,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vilitra online <a href=\"https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/travel-vaccines\/html\/vilitra.html\">https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/travel-vaccines\/html\/vilitra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Senate is set to resume its hearings on the proposed emergency powers on Thursday (Aug 25).<\/p>\n<p>Invited on Thursday&#8217;s hearing are officials from the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group, and stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>She earlier asked the DOTr to present detailed plans and projects to solve the transportation crisis gripping the metropolis and other urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>The senator, meanwhile agreed on the DOTr\u2019s move to take over the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic management in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be a central person in charge who actually has the power to wield. The problem with MMDA before is you cannot identify if they handle traffic, relief operations or beautification in Metro Manila,\u201d Poe said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super kamagra online <a href=\"https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/travel-vaccines\/html\/super-kamagra.html\">https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/travel-vaccines\/html\/super-kamagra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my conversation with DOTr Secretary Art Tugade, I can see that he has leadership style. The important thing is to have a person that is directly responsible,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday said she does not fear the granting of emergency powers to President Rodrigo &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":80206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[3662,7606,12004],"class_list":["post-80204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-grace-poe","tag-poe","tag-senator-poe","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80204","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=80204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280232,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80204\/revisions\/280232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}