MANILA, Philippines - Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno renewed yesterday
his defense of the city government’s truck ban, scored by businessmen
and some officials for disrupting commerce and worsening Metro Manila’s
traffic problem.
“We want to address port congestion… We get the blame for the heavy
traffic on C-5 Road, when it is not within (the jurisdiction of) Manila.
We get blamed for the...
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Manila port logjam fans inflation as output ebbs
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CONTAINERS with goods from garlic to microchips are piling up at the
main ports in the Philippines six months after a truck ban took effect,
causing a supply logjam that’s fanned inflation and may impair output.
A file photo of cargo vessel at a port in Manila. Manila’s ports account
for about...