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I was intrigued by the invitation to attend a meeting with DOTC Secretary Jun Abaya at the Star offices last Monday.

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Mar Roxas told a forum last week that as far as the MRT is concerned, he did everything he could during his time as secretary of the DOTC.

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A number of congressional hearings are slowly but surely establishing what I have long been saying in this column: DOTC is confused on what to do about MRT 3.

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A dictionary has this entry for ho·li·er-than-thou – adj. exhibiting an attitude of superior virtue,self-righteously pious, excessively or hypocritically pious.

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With the Supreme Court declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP unconstitutional, there are fears MRT3 riders will have no relief from overcrowded and dangerous commutes.

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Why am I not surprised that after all the huffing and puffing and press releases about how seven interested bidders will compete for the right to build LRT1 extension to Cavite, only one showed up with an actual bid?

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1237009 [Title] => The FS Gang strikes again! [Summary] =>

That’s FS as in Feasibility Study. The bureaucracy, specially the one at DOTC, simply loves awarding feasibility studies.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Confounded by the bureaucracy
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I was intrigued by the invitation to attend a meeting with DOTC Secretary Jun Abaya at the Star offices last Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-28 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527261 [Title] => Their best was not good enough [Summary] =>

Mar Roxas told a forum last week that as far as the MRT is concerned, he did everything he could during his time as secretary of the DOTC.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-29 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1398363 [Title] => DOTC confused on MRT 3 or worse [Summary] =>

A number of congressional hearings are slowly but surely establishing what I have long been saying in this column: DOTC is confused on what to do about MRT 3.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346647 [Title] => Problem with holier-than-thou [Summary] =>

A dictionary has this entry for ho·li·er-than-thou – adj. exhibiting an attitude of superior virtue,self-righteously pious, excessively or hypocritically pious.

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With the Supreme Court declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP unconstitutional, there are fears MRT3 riders will have no relief from overcrowded and dangerous commutes.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1329946 [Title] => Those clueless Usecs of DOTC! [Summary] =>

Why am I not surprised that after all the huffing and puffing and press releases about how seven interested bidders will compete for the right to build LRT1 extension to Cavite, only one showed up with an actual bid?

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1237009 [Title] => The FS Gang strikes again! [Summary] =>

That’s FS as in Feasibility Study. The bureaucracy, specially the one at DOTC, simply loves awarding feasibility studies.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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