Palace ‘pleased’ Andaya ‘finally in touch with reality’ over Road BoardBy The Manila TimesMALACANANG is pleased that the House of Representatives has decided to heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to abolish what the Chief Executive described as the “corrupted” Road Board. “I believe that the Senate has decided the right thing and has stated that the Road Board must be dismantled,” the President said. Duterte also belied Andaya’s claim that he had agreed that the Road Board should stay. “I had a talk with [former] President Arroyo and apparently there was misunderstanding because all along I really wanted to abolish the Road [Board],” Duterte said. Created through Republic Act 8794, the Road Board is mandated to oversee the management of money collected from vehicle owners allocated for the maintenance of national and provincial roads.

Source: Manila Times December 22, 2018 09:22 UTC