Ralph Recto is right. P-Noy and DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas will have to think of a better excuse to raise MRT fares than to say that it is unfair to the provincianos. Conceptually, P-Noy and Mar are looking at total taxes collected nationwide when they make such policies like subsidizing anything. From that perspective, it…
Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) fares still remain the same at the moment as the implementation date of the proposed fare increase is still undecided, an official of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) said.
THE Philippine government should increase the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 fare to make the system “sustainable,” a joint study by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.
The government, through Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), has increased its stake in the company running Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT) to give it elbow room in expanding line while saving millions of dollars in equipment rental.
STATE-RUN banks are beefing up their stake in Metro Rail Transit Corp. to 76 percent by the end of the month as part of the government’s bid to take over the operation of the 17-kilometer MRT 3 along Edsa.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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