MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Noynoy Aquino today fired his Transportation Secretary, Joseph Emilio Abaya, after the Philippine president experienced first hand being caught in a traffic jam on EDSA, Metro Manila’s main and busiest thoroughfare.

“Last night, I passed through EDSA and I really felt the traffic that our citizenry go through every single day and night,” Aquino said.

A couple of months ago, Abaya angered Filipinos with his insensitive remarks that Metro Manila’s traffic, while really bad,  “is not fatal.”

In addition to Abaya, Aquino’s limousine driver was also fired for subjecting the president to the nightmarish EDSA traffic.  “He could have taken the side streets and used “wang-wang,” the presidential spokesman said.  “Wang-wang is a colloquial term for “siren.”

Because of the traffic delay, Aquino reportedly missed his scheduled mahjong session with his sister, Kris and her friend and co-anchor Boy Abunda.