ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) An additional burden to Filipino commuters. That's how Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro described the impending fare hikes on Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) and LRT Line 2 (LRT-2). "Commuters are still reeling from...
Light Rail Transit Line 2 Saying that Filipinos are still reeling from the effects of inflation, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte asked railway authorities to defer the impending fare increase on the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) and LRT Line 2 (LRT-2). “I am making an...
Any fare increase at the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system is a pain in the pocket. “Improvement in train services and facilities should come before any fare increase, not the other way around,” Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee, on Monday, June 19, said....
Daily commuters on the LRT and MRT lines heaved a sigh of relief last week when President Marcos ordered a deferment of proposed fare increases “pending a thorough study on (its) economic impact.” The last approved fare increase for the LRT-2 and MRT-3 lines was in 2015. The LRT-1 operator,...
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) subsidiary Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. (Davao Light) continues to encourage education and self-improvement as it undertook efforts to help upskill members of its host community to enable growth and enterprise development. In partnership with the Technical...
Look Ma, No Cables! San Pedro Street corner Pelayo Street after the underground cabling project was completed. Jesse Pizarro Boga, born and raised in Davao City, is a firsthand witness of pre- and post-underground cabling in the King City of the South. "Underground cabling brings a feeling of...
DAVAO CITY – Two persons were killed and two others were injured after they were electrocuted by a fallen power line in Purok 15, Panacan Relocation, Barangay Panacan, here on Good Friday. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-11 (Davao region) identified the fatalities as Renante Alcontin, a resident...
The prevalence of artificial light negatively affects both human and animal natural cycles. However, a new study from the UK also shows how light pollution disrupts plants' senses. Just as with most organisms, plants also have a circadian rhythm or the natural sleep-wake cycle primarily affected by...
RSG Slate Philippines not only put on a shocker when it took down ECHO to end the first half of the regular season but its players also showed the way in statistical categories through the first four weeks of the MPL Philippines Season 11. *Eman "Emann" Sangco and Dylan "Light" Catipon lead MPL PH...
The Parañaque City government recognized the achievement of World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental light flyweight (108 lbs) champion Arvin Magramo on Monday, Feb. 20. Mayor Eric Olivarez said Magramo, a resident of Barangay San Antonio, combined brute strength and great speed in scoring a...
Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza has called on China to only state facts as it deals with the Philippines on the recent beaming of laser light at a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel in Ayungin Shoal. DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita C. Daza during a press briefing at the DFA....
From left: LRMC President and CEO, Juan F. Alfonso, together with Airspeed Group Chairperson, Rosemarie P. Rafael. LRT-1 private operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has officially inked a deal with the Airspeed Group of Companies to activate PopBox in the Philippines and enable the first...
