A total of 16 passengers of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) and the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) have tested positive for COVID-19 on the first day of the rail lines' random antigen testing for consenting commuters. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The MRT-3 and the LRT-2...
Six passengers of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) have tested positive for COVID-19 on the first day of the random antigen testing on volunteering train riders. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The MRT-3 started Tuesday, Jan. 11, the random swab testing of consenting passengers...
Filipino consumers must brace for financial strain in this initial week of the year, as the price of diesel products will be climbing by hefty P2.40 per liter; and gasoline prices will be increased by P1.85 per liter. As stipulated in the price adjustment notices of the oil companies, the price of...
LUSAKA, Zambia -- At least 12 people were injured when a train they were traveling in derailed in western Zambia, the country's railway operator said on Saturday. The train which derailed on Friday evening resulted in two wagons capsizing, injuring the 12 people. The accident happened between the...
A world-class mode of transportation. President Rodrigo Duterte (second from left) sees the new MRT-7 train sets up close for the first time during their unveiling at Tandang Sora station on Dec. 15, 2021. (Screenshot from Facebook live) That's how President Duterte described the Metro Rail Transit...
President Duterte and Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade are set to unveil the brand new train sets from South Korea for the much-awaited Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7). MRT-7 (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The first batch of trains to be deployed for the MRT-7...
Korean actor and “Squid Game” and “Train to Busan” star Gong Yoo’s official Instagram account has reached 1.9 million in three days. His agency, Management Soop, announced the opening of the Instagram account for the 42-year-old actor ( @_gongyoo_official_ ) last Dec. 1. Posts on Gong...
Operations at the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) will be temporarily suspended on three Sundays this November and on January next year to complete the necessary works for the upgrade of its existing signaling system. (Photo from Light Rail Manila Corporation) The Light Rail Manila Corporation...
The House Committee on Ways and Means is leaning towards the approval of a bill that would suspend for six months the excise taxes on diesel and kerosene and reduce similar imposition on gasoline. Gasoline pump picture In an initial discussion of six legislative measures containing various...
A principal author of the law that imposed excise taxes on fuel is now seeking the reduction of the much-criticized imposition but with an effectivity of just six months - from December 1, 2021 to June 1, 2022. Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda Albay Rep. Joey Sarte-Salceda, chairman of the House...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that no Filipinos were hurt when a man in a Joker costume launched an attack on a train in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, October 31. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) The DFA made the assurance following reports that 17 people were injured during a knife...
media Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), the private operator of LRT-1, received its twelfth brand-new 4th Generation (Gen-4) train set at its Baclaran Depot in Pasay Oct. 25, 2021. LRT-1’s newest trains will be deployed for revenue use by mid-2022, after undergoing complete safety checks,...
