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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...
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Palace announces 2012 holidays

From the Inquirer . What's interesting is that they actually have the Chinese New Year designated as a holiday as well. I believe this is the first time this has been done. MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III has declared a total of 16 official holidays for 2012, Malacañang announced Thursday. Aquino signed Proclamation 95, which designated 10 regular holidays next year, five special non-working days and one special holiday. The proclamation was in accordance with Republic Act 9492, known as the “Holiday Economics,” which was made into law in 2007. Following are next year’s holidays: A. Regular Holidays New Year’s Day: January 1 (Sunday) Maundy Thursday: April 5 Good Friday: April 6 Araw ng Kagitingan: April 9 (Monday) Labor Day: May 1 (Tuesday) Independence Day: June 12 (Tuesday) National Heroes Day: August 27 (Last Monday of August) Bonifacio Day: November 30 (Friday) Christmas Day: December 25 (Tuesday) Rizal Day: December 30 (Sunday) B. Spe...
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Holiday Spree!!!

A friend of mine, tired of the never ending holidays in the Philippines sent me this. ============= Yehey!!!! Another holiday coming up! It sure is fun living here in the Philippines! Where in the world you can live in a country thats full of holidays? There are holidays for religious sectors, Ex-presidents & whatever they can think of! Well, at first I think of holidays as rest days, a day we spend with out families, love ones and also vacation. But what are the pros & cons behind this spontaneous holiday declarations from GMA? correct me if i'm wrong... Pros: 1. Boost consumer spending (people like to go strolling around in malls) 2. Boost local tourism like resorts 3. Boost local airline sales, since the average & the rich family would go abroad Cons: 1. People get lazy (when a person learns another long weekend coming up, they start planning for the vacation) 3:1 ... pros have it .. but the effect of the cons.. for me is kinda huge! Once a person get lazy, it affect...
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