BAYAN MUNA MOVES TO DEFER MRT/LRT FARE HIKE AT CONGRESS HEARING

Says DOTC made 3 fatal admissions vs MRT/LRT fare hike At the first hearing of the Congress Transportation Committee on the Light Rail Transit 1 and 2 (LRT 1 and 2) as well as the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT3) fare hikes Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said that Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) […]

MRT-LRT Fare Hike: Aquino’s Great Train Robbery

Bayan calls on commuters and taxpayers to resolutely oppose the recent fare increases for the MRT3, and the LRT 1 and 2 train lines. These added burdens, treacherously announced and implemented during the holidays, are without legal basis and are patently anti-commuter. These increases merely serve the profit interests of the private companies with stakes […]

LRT-MRT FARE HIKE WILL NOT GO TO TRAIN IMPROVEMENTS, GROUP REITERATES

The argument that the fare hikes for LRT 1 and 2 and MRT 3 are justified because it will go to the much-needed improvements for the train system is erroneous, research group IBON reiterated. It added that this claim is meant to appease growing opposition over the unreasonable and unjust fare hikes. No less than […]

“NO NEED FOR MRT-LRT FARE HIKES!”- BAYAN MUNA SOLONS

There are even double entries for MRT/LRT rehab on 2015 and supplemental budgets Reacting to the planned Metro Rail Transit/ Light Rail Transit (MRT/LRT) fare hike announced by Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) secretary Joseph Abaya, Bayan Muna party list representatives Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate urged the DOTC to stop the rate increase […]

“Detention and Defiance Against Dictatorship”

Ipinakilala sa publiko ang bagong libro ni Prof. Jose Maria Sison na may pamagat na Detention and Defiance against Dictatorship na ginanap sa University of the Philippines-Diliman. Dumalo ang marami sa mga kabataan na galing sa iba’t ibang pamantasan at komunidad. Ito ay bahagi rin ng pagdiriwang ng ika-50 taong anibersaryo ng Kabataang Makabayan (KM). […]