President Marcos said government fuel subsidies and fare discounts will continue as long as oil prices remain high, as he assured the public that more measures are being studied to ease the burden of the ongoing crisis. In an unexpected exchange with a college student following his inspection of...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto has ordered local government units (LGUs) to work closely with transport and energy agencies to ensure the smooth rollout of fuel subsidies and fare discounts for commuters amid rising oil prices. Recto said this following a meeting on Wednesday, April 15, that...
ILOILO CITY – A prominent bus company is offering a 10 percent fare discount to passengers this Holy Week amid the rising fuel costs from the Middle East war. The Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC) – the country’s largest bus conglomerate that includes the popular Ceres – is offering the...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso urged business and property owners in the city to avail themselves of its General Tax Amnesty and huge Real Property Tax (RPT) discounts for early payers as part of the city 's expanded efforts to help taxpayers keep up with their dues while...
President Ferdinand Marcos has led the launch of the new student Beep card in Manila, granting half-fare rates on train rides while cutting processing time from more than a week to just three minutes. During the launch at the Legarda LRT-2 Station in Manila on Saturday, Sept. 20, the President said...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, August 19, announced its support for the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) implementation of a 50 percent train fare discount for students on Metro Manila’s MRT and LRT lines. DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, in a statement, said the measure,...
Beep card, the stored-value card used for seamless travel on Metro Manila’s railways, will have a dedicated version for students starting September, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. These white personalized beep cards will automatically apply the 50 percent discount, meaning students...
Senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) have started getting a 50-percent fare discount in all train lines in Metro Manila — LRT-1, LRT-2, and MRT-3. This, after President Marcos launched the 50-percent fare discount for senior citizens and PWDs on Wednesday, July 16, at the MRT-3...
Senator Raffy Tulfo called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to establish dedicated ticket booths or lanes exclusively for students, separate from those for senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and regular passengers. Tulfo said this amid mounting complaints regarding the...
President Marcos said the expanded fare discount for students using Metro Manila 's train systems aims to ease the financial burden many of them face during the academic year. In the second episode of his podcast released on Friday, June 20, the President said he wanted to go beyond the...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino has filed a bill that seeks to grant a 20-percent student discount for digital communication and internet services. To empower students and foster a more equitable educational environment, Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a measure that seeks to grant...
A group advocating for digital technology has called for the review of Republic Act 11314, or the Student Fare Discount Act, to include mobile data loads in the 20 percent discount granted to students. (Unsplash photo) Digital lawyer Nick Conti from Click said that internet connectivity is a...
