Miss U pageant won’t clog traffic – DOT chief

Solving Metro Manila’s traffic gridlock and ensuring public safety surfaced as the main concerns tackled at the first meeting of the multi-agency Philippine Host Committee (PHC) to plan and prepare for the staging of the Miss Universe pageant in the country next year.

“The maddening traffic mess is obviously the one single problem that besets our daily economic activities in Metro Manila, and we will find ways so as not to aggravate this with the hosting of the Miss Universe pageant,” Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said in a statement on Monday.