Around 1.9 million passengers in Quezon City have benefitted from the city government's QCity Bus Augmentation Program since January this year. The free ride program was a project of the Quezon City program in 2020 to address the lack of available public transportation due to community quarantine...
House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Joey Salceda scolded the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Land Transport Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for what he describes as “finger pointing” between the two bodies when it comes to recent issues which plague provincial bus...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday, April 25 told concerned provincial bus operators to carry out their duties accordingly and service passengers, many of whom have been stranded and inconvenienced since last week. "'Wag naman natin silang ipitin at pahirapan pa sa pag-aabang, pagbabakasakali at...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Saturday, April 23, raised concerns over what he called the government’s “oppressive” policies, particularly that of the Metro Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA), that impose additional burden on commuters. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) denied Friday, April 22, that there was a disconnect between the agency and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) which led to the confusion of the newly implemented window hours scheme for provincial buses. MMDA...
Reelectionist Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, April 20 called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), and Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to reconsider their decision to implement a new provincial bus schedule. The...
Noting that the Filipino commuters are suffering because of the inefficient public transportation system in Metro Manila, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday, April 19, questioned the government’s slow implementation of the bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Metro Manila that could’ve...
Bus commuters going to Northern and Central Luzon can now do cashless purchase of tickets or payment for cargo deliveries after Victory Liner, one of the country's largest transportation firms, partnered with digital financial services platform PayMaya. Victory Liner taps PayMaya for safe and...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with local government units (LGUs), continues its Covid-19 vaccination in various towns as quarantine restrictions continue to ease with areas placed under Alert Level 1. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC said it that it has...
BACOLOD CITY - An elderly man died after he was sideswiped by a Ceres Liner bus in Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday. A policeman checks the scene in Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, where an elderly man died in a road acciddnt Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Six children died and over a dozen were injured on Tuesday after their school bus rolled down a cliff in northeastern Colombia, a regional official said. "Unfortunately I have to confirm (the) school bus accident on the Laguna de Ortices-San Andres road, where 6 minors died and...
The Navotas City government announced Thursday, March 10, the updated schedule of their dental bus that will visit the health centers in some barangays to help residents who need to get a checkup or tooth extraction. The dental activities were held from March 1 to 10 at the health centers in...
