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A progressive group condemned a recent decision by the Supreme Court to dismiss its petition against the implementation of fare hikes within the MRT and LRT systems that have been stalled eight years ago — stating that this would lead to more rounds of increases in the long run.
Officials of the Light Rail Transit Authority, Metro Rail Transit Line 3 and the Light Rail Manila Corporation were quizzed by stakeholders, Friday, regarding the former's push to increase fares in the LRT-1, LRT-2 and MRT-3 amid the Congress' already approved budget in 2023.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is mulling over the privatisation of the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) and bundling it with the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), whose private concession is set to end in 2025.
"Hoomans" will finally be allowed to bring their pets to LRT-2 come February 1 as long as the latter are in cages, diapers and are not too "big".
Bayan Muna party-list is calling on the Supreme Court, Friday, to hasten the resolution on a case filed by the former in 2015 questioning the legal basis of fare hikes then imposed by the MRT-3 and LRT systems — effectively asserting refunds to commuters as discounts.