Tatlong Karagdagang Median Bus Stops ng EDSA Buseay, Bubuksan Na Sa Sabado

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Bubuksan na ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) at Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang median bus stops ng EDSA Busway sa North Avenue, Quezon Avenue, at Nepa Q-Mart simula bukas, ika-5 ng Setyembre.

Dahil dito, madaragdagan na ang mga lugar kung saan papayagang sumakay at bumaba ang mga pasahero ng bus na bumabaybay sa EDSA Busway.

Matatandaan na noon ay mayroon lamang apat (4) na median bus stops (Guadalupe, Ortigas, Santolan, Main Ave.) kung saan pinapayagang tumigil panandalian ang mga bus upang makapagsakay at makapagbaba ng pasahero.

“Sa pagbubukas ng tatlong (3) median bus stop, magiging mas madali, maayos at ligtas ang pagbaba at pagsakay sa mga bus para sa mga pasahero sa mga nasabing lugar,” wika ni DOTr Assistant Secretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Mark Steven Pastor.

Sa kabuuan, magkakaroon ng 29 na bus stops sa EDSA Busway, 15 dito ay kumpleto na. Ang mga nalalabi ay unti-unting bubuksan matapos kumpletuhin ang mga kinakailangang imprastraktura at kagamitan upang masiguro na ito ay magiging ligtas sa mga pasahero.

Ang EDSA Busway ay isang dedicated lane sa gitnang bahagi ng EDSA. Sapagkat tanging mga bus lamang ang maaaring gumamit nito, mas mabilis, iwas-trapik, maaasahan at predictable ang oras ng dating at alis ng mga bus. Mula sa dating dalawa o tatlong oras na biyahe galing Monumento papuntang PITX, ngayon, 45 minuto hanggang isang oras na lamang ito.

Higit pa, ang inisyatibo ay isa sa mga paraan ng pagpigil ng pagkalat ng COVID-19. Dahil mas mabilis na ang paglalakbay, binabawasan nito ang risk  ng pagkahawa dulot ng matagal na exposure  ng mga pasahero sa virus ng COVID-19.

Matatandaan na nag-umpisa na ring mag-deploy ang DOTr ng mga bus na may passenger door sa kaliwang bahagi nito o left-door buses, para sa EDSA Busway. Apat na buses na ang kasalukuyang bumabaybay sa EDSA at madadagdagan pa ang mga ito sa mga susunod na araw.

Pinapaalalahanan din ng DOTr ang mga motorista na tanging mga bus at emergency vehicles lamang ang maaaring dumaan sa EDSA Busway. Ipinagbabawal din dito ang reckless o kaskaserong mga bus drivers.

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Several fake products sold on Lazada and Shopee

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Senators are crafting measures to protect consumers from fake and potentially harmful goods sold online.

Because of this, online shopping portals might consider banning "small sellers" as well as food and drug vendors on its app after a Senate panel flagged the sale of thousands of counterfeit goods on the online shopping platforms.

http://www.wazzuppilipinas.com/2020/07/e-commerce-portals-lazada-and-shopee.html

Small sellers talaga? Eh yung big Chinese sellers nga ang nagbebenta ng fake!

There's probably a big shopping mall behind this trying to save it's business model. They always are in the background trying to stop the little man.

Are they also saying that they are indirectly banning CHINESE MADE goods? Doesn’t that sound right in this administration? These online shopping portals are infested with Chinese goods aka counterfeited or bootlegged items.

This bill will affect SMEs when we are in a crisis. Let the buyer become aware “caveat emptor” of such realities. We have enough laws to protect consumers. Just implement stricter processes, and not limit the opportunities to the big players.

Sellers have already found a way to go around this by using play of words ie., OVERRUNS, OEMS, MADE IN SG (perfumes). But honestly some people prefer knock-offs, for aesthetics and economical reasons.

Madami ng scammers sa Lazada at Shopee. Kapag hindi ka mabusisi sa seller siguradong mabibiktima ka. Nabiktima na rin ako. Original yong pinapakita sa photo or video, pagdating ng item ay fake o imitation pala.

Don't they review each listing as it goes live? Did every user report go unnoticed? Yung iba kasi diyan ay blatantly fake.

These sites are now full of Chinese vendors selling pirated and fake goods. Lazada and Shopee are advancing as among the biggest online selling platforms for fake and pirated goods. If they take their job seriously they should ban these sellers of fake products.

They should require sellers to submit necessary documents for each of the listing they sell such as authorization letter from the manufacturer before it goes live on the platform. They should also ban or deactivate the account of those sellers selling fake goods once reviewed.

Eh paano yung mga niloloko ni Lazada at Shopee na maliliit na sellers? Grabe, ninanakawan ka na nga ng items inoovercharge pa sa shipping fee. Maraming maliliit na sellers na nalugi.

Eh paano kasi kapag nag complain na ang customer dedma lang si Lazada at Shopee madalas o matagal bago mag act. Kunwari concern sa buyer pero pinaghihintay ng matagal.

Kaya stick to COD na lang tayo. Don't pay first dahil ilang beses na nag kakaloko ang unang nagbayad.

Typhoon Haishen Entered PAR and Named Kristine

Wazzup Pilipinas!

At 9AM today, Typhoon "HAISHEN" has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and was named #KristinePH. Severe Weather Bulletins will be issued starting at 11AM today, September 4, 2020.

#KristinePH,  the 11th tropical cyclone this year, is not expected to enhance the habagat nor make landfall.

Take note that PAGASA has different parameters in measuring the wind strength of the storm.

Typhoon season is on for the Philippines and the other parts of the world.

Incidentally, a cargo ship carrying a predominantly Filipino crew of 43 and about 6,000 cows sank at sea after transmitting a distress signal during a typhoon off Japan, according to a survivor rescued by the country's coast guard.

Meantime, typhoon #Maysak is forecast to hit South Korea on Wednesday night and reach >200 km/h Gust Wind. It is expected to make landfall on the South Coast of South Korea.