Senator Raffy Tulfo inspected the controversial 48 unused Dalian trains worth P3.7 billion purchased by the past administration, as he is eyeing to conduct a hearing after the Senate Session break to investigate those behind it.Senator Raffy Tulfo inspects the controversial 48 unused Dalian trains...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said that bullet trains should be tapped in the planned revival of the “Bicol Express” railway line.In a statement on Monday, March 11, Villafuerte said the Department of Transportation (DOTr) should...
GUMACA, Quezon – A 65-year-old hearing-impaired man was dragged and killed by a Philippine National Railways (PNR) train while walking on the railroad tracks in Barangay Inaclagan here on Tuesday morning, December 5.Police identified the victim as Danilo Caperiña, single, and a resident of...
A row of Shinkansen trains in Japan (Wikipedia) Why not design a Japanese-style bullet train for the Philippine National Railway's (PNR) South Long Haul Railway project? Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this pitch even as project proponents look...
QUEENS FOR A CAUSE Ms. Universe 2015 and Smile Train ambassador Pia Wurtzbach (top) and Ms. Universe Philippines 2023 second runner-up Angelique Manto (bottom) at Smile Train's Art Impact for HealthArt has the power to heal and uplift the spirit. As it celebrates supporting more than 75,000 cleft...
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) has been signed between the provincial government of Cotabato, as well as the Department of Science and Technology-Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) and the DOST Regional Office XII for the adoption of the Hybrid Electric Road Train...
Independent minority solon, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman tried to stop the proverbial Charter change (Cha-cha)) train cold in its tracks Tuesday, Feb. 28 during plenary session.
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (right, in photo) attempts to halt the plenary debates on RBH No.6 on...
Right in the middle of an economic crisis, railway operators are raring to increase fares, but it's still the call of the Department of Transportation (DOTr).
During the public hearing on Friday, February 17, petitioners for train fare adjustmentsLight Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) for...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court affirming the constitutionality of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act amid petitions claiming the law to be “anti-poor” and unlawful.
The Supreme Court dismissed the petitioners’...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has begun to review the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE) and other related tax laws.
Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (left, standing)
This, after the panel chaired by Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda...
A House leader has renewed his call for the automatic suspension of excise taxes on fuel amid the successive pump price hikes last month.
(Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)
By way of House Bill (HB) No. 5176, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants to make permanent the...
The Supreme Court's (SC) affirmation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law emboldens the House of Representatives--particularly the Committee on Ways and Means--to continue pursuing tax reform measures.
Albay 2nd district Rep.Joey Salceda (Facebook)
“The ...
