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Latest data from the Anti-Smoke Belching Task Force (ASBTF) showed that the month of October registered the highest number of apprehensions since the program began in May 2000.


A total of 2,841 was recorded last month, 497 more than the previous high of 2,344 posted on September 2000.


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Based on MMDA records, the vehicles were marked for repeated violations within the period of April 2001 to July 31, 2002.


The MMDA has transmitted its list to the Land Transportation Office (LTO), 685 of which are PUBs plying the EDSA route. Others include 90 utility vehicles, 18 public utility jeepneys, four FX taxis and one truck.


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                    [Title] => No budget for clean air drive
                    [Summary] => Is the clean air drive in Metro Manila going up in smoke?


The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has complained that its anti-smoke belching campaign has been receiving little support from most of local government units.


While the MMDA has already provided all of the LGUs with equipment necessary for emission testing, implementation has been hampered by lack of budget.


Late last year, the MMDA acquired 25 opacimeters, or emission-testing machines for diesel engines using a loan from the Asian Development Bank.


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                    [Title] => Smoke belchers down by 50 percent
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Based on the data accumulated by the Anti-Smoke Belching Task Force (ASBTF) of the MMDA, the testing teams situated along EDSA-Estrella have recorded less smoke belching vehicles passing by their area.


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Air is priceless but one must take pains to enjoy it fresh.


The quality of air in Metro Manila is fast deteriorating as years pass by. And if this will continue, experts believe Filipinos may no longer have clean air to breathe in the near future.


"We owe it to our children to protect our environment, our air. What we need right now is to reduce the pollutants that we have in the air," said Benjamin Abalos, chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).


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Latest data from the Anti-Smoke Belching Task Force (ASBTF) showed that the month of October registered the highest number of apprehensions since the program began in May 2000.


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Based on MMDA records, the vehicles were marked for repeated violations within the period of April 2001 to July 31, 2002.


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While the MMDA has already provided all of the LGUs with equipment necessary for emission testing, implementation has been hampered by lack of budget.


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Based on the data accumulated by the Anti-Smoke Belching Task Force (ASBTF) of the MMDA, the testing teams situated along EDSA-Estrella have recorded less smoke belching vehicles passing by their area.


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Air is priceless but one must take pains to enjoy it fresh.


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"We owe it to our children to protect our environment, our air. What we need right now is to reduce the pollutants that we have in the air," said Benjamin Abalos, chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).


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17,014 smoke belchers nabbed this year - MMDA

By Marvin Sy | November 6, 2002 - 12:00am

A total 17,014 vehicles were apprehended for smoke belching from January to October this year, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Latest data from the Anti-Smoke Belching Task Force...

Metro

End of the road for 798 smoke belchers

September 19, 2002 - 12:00am

A total of 798 vehicles, mostly public utility buses (PUBs), were recommended by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for suspension of their registration due to repeated smoke belching violations. Based...

Metro

No budget for clean air drive

By Marvin Sy | August 22, 2002 - 12:00am

Is the clean air drive in Metro Manila going up in smoke? The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has complained that its anti-smoke belching campaign has been receiving little support from most of local government...

Metro

Smoke belchers down by 50 percent

March 7, 2002 - 12:00am

The number of smoke-belching vehicles along EDSA has gone down by 50 percent since the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority resumed its anti-smoke belching operations last April 2001. Based on the data accumulated...

Metro

The price of clean air

By Sheila Crisostomo | June 13, 2001 - 12:00am

Air is priceless but one must take pains to enjoy it fresh. The quality of air in Metro Manila is fast deteriorating as years pass by. And if this will continue, experts believe Filipinos may no longer have clean...

Motoring