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Robert Siy, a transport economist, said that "redundancy" in public transport, which in this case means having both the EDSA busway and the MRT-3, is good and benefits passengers, especially with "occasional breakdowns of the MRT-3."
Read more: data-dict.com/busway/
NEW: Since 2021, the EDSA busway has become an integral part of public transportation in Metro Manila where horrendous traffic is a daily struggle.
Here's how the project changed commuting in the Metro.
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President Marcos signed Republic Act No. 12326, which postponed the barangay and SK elections again and revised the term of office of barangay and SK officials to five years from four.
Current officials will now serve 35 months longer than the terms they were elected for.
Since 1988, Congress has enacted laws that moved barangay & SK election dates at least seven times.
Those postponements, in turn, resulted in local officials holding their posts for as much as 42 months (3.5 years) longer than their original term.
More: data-dict.com/bsk-elections/
ALT A chart showing the terms of office of barangay officials in the Philippines since 1995 and the extensions of those terms due to election delays.
Since 1988, Congress has enacted laws that moved barangay & SK election dates at least seven times.
Those postponements, in turn, resulted in local officials holding their posts for as much as 42 months (3.5 years) longer than their original term.
More: data-dict.com/bsk-elections/
ALT A chart showing the terms of office of barangay officials in the Philippines since 1995 and the extensions of those terms due to election delays.
The impeachment is a numbers game.
These are the numbers that you need to know that may determine the outcome of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial.
See the thread.
Not only have legislators moved elections, they have also revised the terms of office of barangay and SK officials numerous times.
Hence, in practice, terms are hardly ever fixed.
Read more: data-dict.com/bsk-elections/
ALT A lollipop chart showing the years when terms of office of barangay and SK officials in the Philippines had been revised, including a proposal in 2026 to bring it to five years from the current four.
NEW: Congress has a penchant for postponing barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, while also supposedly "fixing" the terms of office of barangay officials.
Data show the irony however. Nothing is really fixed.
data-dict.com/bsk-elections/
Not all inmates are like former House Speaker Ferdinand Romualdez, who is in hospital detention.
In a 2026 peer-reviewed study, it was found that 12% of inmates in a Philippine jail are hypertensive, while 3% have diabetes. A smaller number also have both and remain jailed.
ALT A bar chart showing the share of inmates in a Philippine jail who reported having an existing disease.