Senator Grace Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services, greets Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade before the start of a committee hearing on proposals to grant President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to address the transportation crisis in Metro Manila and other urban areas. “We may allow you to take shortcuts as long as taxpayers won’t be shortchanged, andbwe all need to fully understand problems before tackling details of proposed solutions for the traffic situation,” Poe told Tugade.
