The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) mobilized buses along major routes in Metro Manila to assist commuters affected by the transport strike led by the group Manibela on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The PCG provided free rides to the comuting public until the three-day strike ends on Dec. 11 to ensure...
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1), and Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) will offer free rides from April 30 to May 3 for the celebration of Labor Day, President Marcos announced. Marcos bared on Tuesday, April 29, that he ordered the three railway system in...
All private and public sector workers will be treated to free rides on the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) and the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) on Wednesday, May 1, in commemoration of Labor Day, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. This, after the Department of...
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) will offer free rides to all commuters in observance of the Day of Valor on Tuesday, April 9. In an advisory on Monday, the MRT-3 management said veterans and the general public can redeem their free rides from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m....
(Photo courtesy of LRTA LRT-2 / Facebook) Aside from military veterans, all commuters can also ride the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) for free in observance of the Day of Valor on Tuesday, April 9, the Light Rail Transit Administration (LRTA) has announced. In an advisory, lawyer Hernando...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, March 6, said that his cousin, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., was “sympathetic” to the plight of transport groups and jeepney drivers as they staged a protest against the government’s plan to modernize the traditional jeepneys. ...
The government’s free ride program, or Libreng Sakay, may resume next month, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) disclosed on Friday, Jan. 6. LTFRB Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III said the free ride program will immediately resume once the Department of Budget and...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr)'s fuel subsidy for public utility vehicles (PUVs) and "Libreng Sakay" (Free Ride) programs to cushion the effect of the oil price hikes on commuters benefitted 1.743 million students, according to the administration's year-end report released on Tuesday, Jan....
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)’s "timely release" of P1.4 billion for the continued implementation of the "libreng sakay" or free rides program until the end of December 2022. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
Students expected to return to face-to-face classes will get free rides on the Light Rail Transit-Line 2 (LRT 2), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. File photo of college students roaming around the campus before the pandemic. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Marcos announced...
The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), private operator of LRT-1, this Friday, June 10, announced free rides on Sunday, June 12, from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., as part of its yearly Independence Day promo. Existing beep™ card holders shall pass through...
Ride-hailing app Grab Philippines has joined the Department of Transportation (DOTr)'s Free Ride program and will offer free airport shuttle rides to passengers at the arrival areas of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminals 2 and 3 for 15 days, June 15 to 30, 2022, from 8 p.m. to...
