The government should persist in asserting its claim and defending its interests in the West Philippine Sea. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada made the call as the country celebrates its 7th anniversary of the Hague’s historic ruling favoring the Philippines on its dispute with China on the South...
Senator Francis Tolentino is sad but respects the decision of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to allow the public viewing of the Hollywood movie "Barbie." Tolentino said the MTRCB should have followed the suggestion of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) The Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) should improve their service first before implementing a fare hike. This was Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's simple retort to the train lines' administrators--the...
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...
House of Representatives (PPAB) A measure seeking to provide mandatory insurance coverage, retirement pay, and other employment benefits to all electrical line workers was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on third and final reading Monday afternoon, May 8. Approved during...
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,...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep.Lee's office, MANILA BULLETIN) A neophyte congressman hailed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday, April 13 for asking the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to postpone the planned fare...
A train from the LRT-2 line. Raising the fare for the Light Rail Transit (LRT)-1 and LRT-2 isn't appropriate at this time. Thus, said Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman as she welcomed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision to defer the planned fare hikes for the two train...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Tuesday, March 28 said two weather systems, the shear line and easterlies, will affect the country in the next 24 hours. The shear line or the boundary line where cold and warm air masses meet will bring...
The West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea are all over the headlines again following China's increasing activities in the said waters. The two terms are not necessarily the same and interchangeable, though. And not everybody knows about it. So here's the difference. West Philippine Sea (WPS)...
(MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms may persist in the eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas in the next 24 hours due to the combined effects of the low pressure area (LPA) and shear line, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
