36th Road Safety confab set in Subic

The 36th National Road Safety Convention will be held at the Subic International Hotel on May 18 to 19 in perhaps one of the biggest gatherings of road safety experts from the academe, and public and private sectors.

The Safety Organiza-tion of the Philippines, Inc. (SOPI) is organizing the two-day convention in cooperation with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the various transport group.

SOPI President Eroz Zuniga said road safety experts would evaluate the gains so far achieved on road safety. He also said the latest trends and technologies on road safety would be discussed and whether it could be adopted in the Philippine setting.

Senator Ramon Revilla, Jr., chairman of the Senate committee on public works, has been invited to deliver the keynote address.

DPWH Undersecretary Salvador A. Pleto, convention chairman, will deliver the welcome remarks on the opening day of the convention, to be followed by Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) administrator and CEO Armand C. Arreza, Olongapo Mayor James Gordon, Jr., and Aladin A. Simundac, president, Laguna Metro Bus Operators Association and division chairman, SOPI Road Safety Division.