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3 Cost Effective Ways to Solve Metro Manila's Traffic Problem

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The Facebook page of ANC 24/7 is asking for its reader's suggestion on how to solve Metro Manila's traffic problem. This got me thinking, "what is the best way to solve Metro Manila's traffic problem?" It's easy to make suggestions, what's hard is the implementation and the cost of implementation. So what is the the best way to solve Metro Manila's traffic problem and the most cost effective solution? Punitive Fines Add caption First of all, any implementation will definitely cost money, a lot of money. The cause of the traffic mess is the people themselves so it's only right that those causing the traffic problem should be fined and the fine should hurt. That way, the fines will pay for the cost of enforcing the law. The fines should start at P500 and goes up every week if you don't pay it within 15 days. To enforce this and prevent people from ignoring the fine. It will be tied to their driver's license or car registr...

Ivler’s ma asks US embassy to take custody of son

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer . ================== MANILA, Philippines—The mother of road rage murder suspect Jason Ivler said the US embassy should take custody of her son, just like what it did for erstwhile rape suspect Daniel Smith, because just like Smith, Ivler "fought for his country." “I would like the US embassy to take him in their custody because it's their job to protect their citizens, more so my son who fought for his country,” Marlene Aguilar on Wednesday said, adding her American citizen son served in the US military and was deployed to Iraq. Smith, a US marine soldier who, in 2006 was found guilty for the 2005 rape of a Filipino woman in Subic, Olongapo, was sneaked out of the Makati City jail and brought to the US embassy by government agents shortly after his conviction, after the Philippine government decided to comply with the provisions in the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement, without waiting for a court ruling on the contested issue. The ...