Cayetano wants air traffic congestion covered by emergency powersMANILA – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has filed a bill seeking to grant President Rodrigo Duterte with emergency powers that would address not only road traffic woes but air traffic congestion being experienced at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The air traffic congestion also affected the country’s image before the international community for having one of the world’s worst airports. 999 or the ‘Freedom from Traffic and Congestion Act of 2016,’ Cayetano proposed to a “more holistic and inclusive approach” to address the worsening traffic and congestion problem. Aside from Cayetano, Senate President Pro-Tempore Franklin Drilon and Joseph Victor Ejercito filed the two other bills, SB No. Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Public Services, chaired by Senator Grace Poe, will begin on Wednesday its public hearing on the proposed “emergency powers” for President Duterte.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 09, 2016 08:48 UTC