BACOLOD CITY – A female tricycle driver and her passenger figured in a heated altercation that escalated into a physical fight over a fare in a public market in Barangay 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Police Lt. Nolly Gudaca, deputy chief of the Kabankalan City Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Bago City in Negros Occidental on Monday started the distribution of rice subsidy to nearly 3,000 members of various tricycle operators and drivers associations (TODAs) to help cushion the impact of rising fuel prices on the local public transport sector. An initial 1,245 tricycle...
DAGUPAN CITY – A bus company in Cubao, Quezon City with trips to Pangasinan has implemented a fare increase amid high oil prices due to the conflict in the Middle East. Five Star Bus Co. hiked fares to this city by P64 starting Saturday, March 14, from P498 to P562. Discounts for senior citizens,...
(John Louie Abrina/MANILA BULLETIN) Former Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate has a big problem with the government’s justification for the hefty fare hike on the Light Rail Transit (LRT)-1. In particular, Zarate questioned the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) With fares for traditional and modern jeepneys set to increase, House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro said she would rather see the passage of the "lower oil prices bills package". She says the fare...
Starting Sunday, Oct. 8, the minimum fare for all passenger jeepneys across the country will increase by P1 following the approval of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) amid the series of oil price hikes in the past weeks. LTFRB chairperson Teofilo Guadiz III...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will discuss all the petitions for fare increase on Sept. 26, and transport groups are asking that a provisional P1 fare increase be immediately implemented after the hearing. LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadiz III said there are two...
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...
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....
The proposed fare increases of the Light Rail Transit 1 and 2 have to go through the "proper regulatory process", including public consultation and hearing, as well as the approval of the LRT Authority (LRTA) Board of Directors. The LRTA issued the clarification on Thursday, Jan. 12. The LRTA...
