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(Eagle News) — On the day that gasoline stations implemented the biggest oil price hike so far this year, people are already feeling the crunch. On Tuesday morning, March 8, gasoline prices rose by as much as P3.60 per liter. Diesel, which is used by ordinary public utility jeepneys (PUJs), had the highest increase by as much as P5.85. The price of kerosene, used in ordinary cooking stoves and fuel for lighting, rose by […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has given over P400 million in payouts to drivers under the government’s service contracting program. In a statement, the LTFRB said the P461.8 million distributed as of May 25 includes the initial payout of P4,000, a weekly payout, and a one-time incentive. Drivers who joined the program last year and are still in the program on April 30, 2021 are entitled to a one-time incentive […]
(Eagle News)–More passengers are expected to be allowed in each mode of public transportation starting Monday, Sept. 14. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said this was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved the proposal by the Economic Development Cluster (EDC) and the DOTr to “optimize” or reduce the physical distance among commuters. The DOTr said according to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, the proposal also got […]
(Eagle News)–All commuters using public transportation will be required to wear face shields starting Aug. 15, the Department of Transportation said on Thursday, Aug. 6. According to the DOTr, the face shields would serve as “additional ‘armor’ in the fight to prevent this sector from becoming a transmission vector of the virus.” “With no known cure and vaccine available to combat the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the entire world is still battling to contain the […]
(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit-3 on Tuesday, July 7, identified the work shift of the ticket sellers who tested positive for COVID-19, and the stations where they were deployed. According to the MRT-3, as of July 6, the 16 ticket sellers were deployed at North Avenue, GMA Kamuning, Cubao and Quezon Ave. stations. The following were their work shifts per station: North Ave: from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. and from 4:30 a.m. […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police now has 12 vehicles under its Libreng Sakay program for commuters in Metro Manila, which is under a general community quarantine. In a statement, the PNP said a latest report from the Operations Management Division of the Police Community Affairs and Development Group said the 12 buses and troop carrier trucks were from the PNP Special Action Force and the Logistics Support Service. The PNP said vehicles under its program […]
(Eagle News)–The improvements in the country’s mass transport system will be felt by commuters “gradually” as the government addresses the “20-year infrastructure backlog.” This is according to the Department of Transportation, which issued a statement after leftist group Bayan said the country was experiencing a “mass transit crisis.” According to the DOTr, it was, under the present administration, “employing a catch-up plan to expedite the construction and operationalization of various transport infrastructure projects in the […]
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — Several people were wounded when shots were fired at a commuter rail station near the southern German city of Munich on Tuesday, as police detain one person who is believed to be behind the incident. “Several people were injured by shots. A female police officer was badly wounded” at an S-Bahn station in Unterfoehring, a northeastern suburb of the Bavarian city, police tweeted, and that the scene was now “secured.” A Munich police […]
(Eagle News) –It was almost business as usual in the country despite the transport strike staged by several transport groups on Monday. Elvira Medina, National Council for Commuter Protection, said in an interview with CNN Philippines that while two places–Pedro Gil St. in Manila and Samson Road in Caloocan—were “affected” by the strike in Metro Manila, operations were “not paralyzed. She said the same was true in the provinces. “There are some (affected areas) in […]
(Eagle News) — Commuters will have to brace themselves on Monday, as transport groups are set to stage a strike in Metro Manila and in several provinces in protest of a looming jeepney phaseout. The Southern Police District’s public information office said in a statement that the rallyists are set to assemble at Monumento Circle at 6 a.m. on Monday, and in other “protest centers” around the city. The statement did not specify the other protest […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that it will intensify its crackdown on jaywalkers in Metro Manila to help decongest traffic in the metropolis. The MMDA reminded the drivers of Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) to firmly adhere to rules on the drop off and pick up of passengers, and for them to only do it at the proper loading and unloading areas. According to MMDA anti-jaywalking unit head Rafael […]
