SENATOR Ralph Recto appealed on Sunday to Malacanang to defer the bidding for the P15-billion management contract of the bundled Metro Rail Transit–Light Rail Transit (MRT-LRT) systems until Congress enacts the law setting up the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG).

Recto said among the powers of the proposed GCG is to review the operations of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) to determine if they should be abolished or privatized subject to the approval of President Ben...

THE government will not be at the losing end of a deal privatizing the right to run the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT).

While admitting the government will cough up P15 billion to pay for the services of the private sector, Transportation Secretary jose de Jesus said the amount is what it will actually spend if it were the one operating the mass rail systems.

DeJesus explained that the government will only bid out the 4- to 5-year operation of MRT-LRT, and will still own ...

A ranking official of an association of employers in the country welcomes using the railway’s stored value tickets as non-wage incentives to employees.

 

Rene Cristobal, member of the Board of Governors of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), said the rails’ stored value tickets could join the package of non-wage benefits from employers like free sacks of rice, uniforms and medicines.

 

Cristobal, who is also chairman of ECOP’s corporate social responsibility committee and...

THE two stations of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 that were closed after a freak accident involving two trains last February finally reopened last April 11.

LRT-1's Roosevelt and Balintawak stations resumed operations on Monday at 5 a.m.

Last Feb. 18, two LRT trains on the way to Roosevelt station collided at the reversing track at the LRT-1 in Quezon City. An investigation showed one of the drivers was texting when the incident occurred.

The two stations are part of the North Extension Pr...

PRESIDENT Aquino has officially launched the first batch of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects expected to stimulate the economy and provide thousands of employment opportunities.

The first batch of five infra projects are the following: LRT 1 extension/upgrading and privatization of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and privatization of MRT 3 Operation and Maintenance (O&M), both up for public bidding this month (March); the Daang Hari Road - South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)...

LRT seems to be preggy moms' favorite transportation for delivery.

Another pregnant woman on board almost gave birth in one of the stations of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Authority in Line 1 on Wednesday morning.

Mary Ann Opedra, 22 years old of E. Rodriguez St. Baclaran, Pasay City delivered her first child at Pasay General Hospital at around 8:44 am after being rushed by LRT frontline personnel to the nearest hospital near Libertad Station.

Accompanied by her husband Renato, On-duty Head Guar...