Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has raised concerns that the impending budget cuts in the proposed budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) could potentially derail the country’s ongoing railway projects, particularly the North-South Commuter Railway System and the first phase of...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma At 7 o’clock in the morning on Monday, July 4, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista was on his way to attend the flag-raising ceremony at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). He saw long lines of commuters waiting for their ride at one of the...
President Duterte on Saturday urged the next administration to continue the government's program in the railway system to give Filipinos better opportunities through mobility and connectivity across the country. RTVM Live Duterte made the appeal as he led the opening of the Philippine National...
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – A 46-year-old foreman died in a collision between a motorcycle and a commuter van on the national highway in Barangay Magsaysay here Saturday, June 18. Police said the victim, Francisco Cabanayan Jr., of Steady Ready, Sta. Rosa, Concepcion, Tarlac, was driving his...
Less than two weeks before President Rodrigo Duterte’s term ends, the government sealed the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) biggest infrastructure loan package that would connect Metro Manila and Calamba in Laguna through a railway system. At a signing ceremony witnessed by President Duterte...
President Duterte on Thursday night witnessed the signing between the government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of loan agreement that will finance the construction of a railway system that will easily connect Metro Manila and the province of Laguna. Duterte graced the ceremonial signing held...
The first trainset for the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Project has arrived in the country, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. (Photo from Department of Transportation) The eight-car trainset for the PNR Clark Phase 1, which was procured by the DOTr from the Japan...
The Philippine National Railways’ (PNR) Clark Phase 2 project is expected to produce more jobs and spur economic recovery in Central Luzon once completed, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) assured. Design render of PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos to Clark Railway) of the North-South Commuter...
The construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension, the Philippines’ first airport-bound highspeed railway, will create 10,000 jobs and cut down travel time between Metro Manila and Clark to only about an hour, Japanese Ambassador to Manila Koshikawa Kazuhiko said over the...
Manila Water Company, Inc.'s Clark Water Corporation (Clark Water) has undertaken the relocation of its water supply and wastewater assets that will be affected by the construction of the Malolos-Clark Railway, which is part of the government's North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Project. In a...
An off-duty Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) marshal was lauded for his bravery after he chased a man who allegedly snatched the mobile phone of a female commuter in a busy bus station in Makati City on Monday, July 26. While getting off a bus in Ayala station en route to his home, off-duty PCG...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing its funding support for the P345-billion Philippine National Railways’ (PNR) Calamba project. In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral financial institution said that funding for the 40.5 kilometer viaduct structures of PNR Calamba, also called...
