Philo Debate

7/26/2019 Philo Debate

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MANILA, Philippines With Congress unwilling to break their holiday and hold speial publi

hearings, !ayan Muna is going to the "upre#e Court to put the breaks on the $epart#ent o%&ransportation and Co##uniation's #o(e to inrease %ares o% the Light )ail &ransit *L)&

and , and the Metro )ail &ransit *M)& ./

!ayan Muna )epresentati(es Neri Col#enares and Carlos 0arate said that that they would %ile

the petition seeking a te#porary restraining order *&)1 against the train %are ad2ust#ents o% up

to 33 perent in 4anuary/

Metro )ail and Light )ail &ransit "yste#s/ 5IL6 P71&1"

&he %are rate hike was announed by &ransportation "eretary 4oseph Abaya on $ee#ber 3

and it will take e%%et in 8 days or 4anuary 9/ Abaya said that the %are ad2ust#ents were long

o(erdue as the last ti#e the %are was inreased %or the oldest line was in 33. while the %ares o%the L)& and M)&. had ne(er been inreased sine they opened/ Abaya said the %are hike

would slash P billion o%% the the P billion annual go(ern#ent subsidies %or the trains that he

lai#ed would be used %or pro2ets outside o% Metro Manila/

Col#enares lai#ed that the $1&C did not %ollow due proess in inreasing the %ares as no:su%%iient; publi hearing was held/

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!ayan Muna esti#ated that the %are ad2ust#ents would 2ak up the %ares o% L)& %ro# !alaran

to )oose(elt stations to P> %or a one-way trip %ro# P and P8 at present? L)&- %ro#

"antolan to )eto stations to P9 %ro# P3 per ride? and the M)&-., between North A(enue and&a%t A(enue, to P@ %ro# P3 and P8 at present/

0arate said that be%ore inreasing %ares, the go(ern#ent should ha(e deter#ined whether theoperational osts *spei%ially the lease agree#ent with the M)& builder, whih guaranteed 8

perent return on in(est#ents %or 8 years o% the trains were to bla#e/

:&here is need %or go(ern#ent to look into the operational osts o% the M)& and L)& lines to

hek i% there #ight be eessi(e epenses or #is#anage#ent o% %unds,; said )ep/ 0arate

6arlier, Bueon City )ep/ Winston Castelo said the Metro Manila de(elop#ent o##ittee,

whih he has been heading, ould not hold publi hearings on the L)& and M)& %aread2ust#ents beause the deision to ad2ust the %ares was the prerogati(e o% the eeuti(e

depart#ent o% go(ern#ent/

Castelo said he ould only appeal to the $epart#ent o% &ransportation and Co##uniations to

de%er the %are hike %or another year sine Congress had 2ust appro(ed billions o% pesos %or theL)& and M)&'s subsidies and other epenses in the 38 budget and the 39 supple#ental

budget/

&he %are hike is supported by Ca(ite )ep/ 6lpidio !araga 4r/ as a show o% politial will by the

go(ern#ent to :take the bitter pill; a#id in the %ae o% strong publi opposition/

:It's a =uestion o% politial will/ &he go(ern#ent is doing what it belie(es is right/ It #ade an

unpopular deision %or the o##on good,; he said/

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MANILA, Philippines - MalaaKang yesterday supported the deision o% the $epart#ent o%

&ransportation and Co##uniations *$1&C to inrease %ares in the Light and Metro )ail

&ransit syste#s, saying this was long o(erdue/

Press "eretary 7er#inio Colo#a 4r/ said the F3 perent L)&EM)& subsidy by tapayers %ro#isayas and Mindanao who are not train riders should stop, and train %ares should be loser

to those o% air-onditioned buses/

5are hikes in the #etropolis' #ass transport syste# whih has onked out repeatedly and is

%eared to be obsolete has always been #entioned in A=uino's yearly "tate o% the NationAddress/

Colo#a stressed the %are hike is long o(erdue to %ree up the go(ern#ent subsidy on the

o##uter train syste#/

7e said it is #ost un%air that people who are not using the trains are shouldering L)&EM)&operations/

Colo#a said regular train o##uters only pay P8 %or the P93 worth o% %are subsidied by

people li(ing in the isayas and Mindanao/

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Law#akers %ro# the !ayan Muna party-list group sla##ed MalaaKang %or (irtually

blak#ailing the publi into aepting the L)&EM)& %are hikes/

)eps/ Neri Col#enares and Carlos 0arate sought a speial ongressional in=uiry into the %are

hikes during the Christ#as break as the $1&C announed the %are hikes will take e%%et in the%irst week o% 4anuary/

:We are not against de(elop#ent or the etension o% the rail syste#s but we are against passing

go(ern#ent irresponsibility and orporate greed not to #ention orrupt praties onto hapless

o##uters,; Col#enares said/

7e said MalaaKang was pratially blak#ailing the publi into aepting the %are hikes when it

said these were #eant to redue go(ern#ent subsidies that #ay be otherwise used %or otherpro2ets/

:&he argu#ent that the subsidy allotted to the M)&EL)& should be lowered or gi(en to other

regions beause they do not use it is wrong beause suh an argu#ent an also be used againstpro2ets in other regions,; Col#enares said/


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:An ea#ple is like %or the A=uino ad#inistration would stop onstruting or rehabilitating a

bridge in 6astern isayas beause the people o% Mindanao would not be using it,; he said/

:It is not wrong to subsidie pro2ets that would bene%it a spei%i region, so i% the go(ern#entwould also de(elop a #ass transportation syste# %or other regions then it would be good, what is

wrong is to reate on%lit and di(ision a#ong regions and pro(ines and pit the pro2ets andbene%its o% one region against the other,; he added/

0arate said the A=uino go(ern#ent has adopted pri(atiation as its esape hath whene(er itneeds to bail out its publi utilities buried in debt due to poor #anage#ent andEor orruption/

7e said the eperiene with pri(atiation has shown that pri(atied utilities bring about

unregulated prie inreases/

:It is %eared that inreasing %ares will e(entually lead to pri(atiation and the state's

abandon#ent o% its duty to pro(ide a%%ordable #ass transportation to the itiens,; 0arate said/

:!e%ore proposing any inreases, the high ost o% operations and the large a#ount o% debt

inurred by the pro2et should %irst be in(estigated, spei%ially on whether tapayers are atually

subsidiing debt inurred by the pri(ate onsortiu# that built the M)&/ &here is need %orgo(ern#ent to look into the operational osts o% the M)& and L)& lines to hek i% there #ight

be eessi(e epenses or #is#anage#ent o% %unds,; he said/

&ransportation "eretary 4oseph 6#ilio Abaya said the %are hike will push through on 4an/ 9 net

year, e(en i% o##uters o#plain o% long =ueues and poor ser(ie %or the M)& and L)& Lines and /

7e issued $epart#ent 1rder No 39-39, setting the new %ares %or the ountry's three #a2or#ass transport syste#s in the #etropolis/ With Paolo Romero


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LRT, MRT fares hike opposed

by ris !ayos

$ee#ber , 39

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Co##uters are turning to the ourts to stop the go(ern#ent's #o(e to inrease %ares o% the Light)ail &ransit Lines and *L)& and and the Metro )ail &ransit Line . *M)&. syste#s

sheduled on 4an/ 9, 38/

6l(ira Medina o% the National Center %or Co##uter "a%ety and Protetion *NCC"P said the

organiation will petition %or a te#porary restraining order against the i#ple#entation o% newL)&-M)& %are #atri on 4anuary 9/

Medina desribed the i#pending L)&-M)& %are inrease as ill-ti#ed onsidering the results o%

the reent sur(ey a#ong M)& . passengers and the %indings o% a separate tehnial audit o% the

train syste# onduted by rail eperts %ro# Mass &ransit )ailway o% 7ong ong/ &he sur(eyre(ealed o(erall passenger dissatis%ation in riding the M)& . while the audit ite#ied the

alar#ing tehnial and operational %laws in the rail syste#/

:It will be adding insult to in2ury to propose an idea to raise the %are %or the L)& and M)&

onsidering the sur(ey #ade by the "enate and the audit result o% the M&) o% 7ong ong,; shesaid/

REPRESENTATIES !PP!SE M!E

1pposition to the %are hike was also (oied at the 7ouse o% )epresentati(es where !ayan Muna

)eps/ Neri Col#enares and Carlos 0arate, both #e#bers o% the 7ouse #inority blo, hallengedthe 7ouse leadership to all %or a speial session that would takle resolutions ai#ed at

onduting in(estigations into the operations o% the Light )ail &ransit and and the Metro)ail

&ransit ./

Col#enares and 0arate are authors o% two #easures seeking a ongressional in=uiry into theproposed hike in %are sought by Light )ail &ransit and and the Metro)Ail &ransit ./
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:We are not against de(elop#ent or the etension o% the rail syste#s but we are against passing

go(ern#ent irresponsibility and orporate greed not to #ention orrupt praties onto hapless

o##uters,; eplained Col#enares/

:As it is, we are alling on the 7ouse leadership to all %or a speial session %or this or %or the

Congress &ransportation Co##ittee to hold hearings %or 7) e(en during the Christ#asbreak beause the %are inrease will be i#ple#ented as early as the %irst Monday o% 4anuary,;

said Col#enares/

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7owe(er, Malaanang yesterday said that the %are hike in the L)& and M)& is long o(erdue/

Presidential Co##uniations 1perations 1%%ie *PC11 "eretary 7er#inio Colo#a 4r/ stressed

that the :#ini#al; %are hike in the L)& and M)&. syste#s will result to redued go(ern#ent

subsidy and the %unds sa(ed will instead be used to %inane :i#portant; soial ser(ies/

Colo#a, in an inter(iew o(er go(ern#ent radio d)!, said that President A=uino, in his 3.

"tate o% the Nation Address *"1NA, had %a(ored the i#ple#entation o% the %are hike in Metro

Manila's railway syste#s/

TRAIN LINES

L)&- tra(els %ro# !alaran to )oose(elt A(e/ in Bueon City and (ie (ersa, while L)&-ser(es the )eto A(enue, Manila-"antolan, Pasig route/ 1n the other hand, the M)&-. ser(es the

6$"A route %ro# North A(e/ in Bueon City to &a%t A(e/ in Pasay/

Colo#a reiterated the President's pronoune#ent's that it is un%air %or tapayers who are notusing the L)& and M)&. syste#s that the go(ern#ent is shouldering P8 o% the ost o% eah

passenger's trip at the L)&, and P98 %or the M)&-., to #ake %ares a%%ordable %or train riders/

:Hon pong panukalang taasan ang pa#asahe sa L)& *Light )ail &ransit at M)& *Metro )ail

&ransit ay #akailang beses nang hindi itinuloy nung #ga nakaraang buwan *&he plan toinrease L)& and M)& %ares has been repeatedly de%erred in the past #onths,; Colo#a said/

:Napapanahon na po na #agpatupad ng #ini#al na pagtaas ng pa#asahe *It is about ti#e that

the #ini#al %are hike has to be i#ple#ented,; he added/

N! %$STI&I'ATI!N

5ro# the onsu#ers' %ront, "a##y Malunes o% the )iles Network said the 2usti%iation o% the$1&C %or the %are hike is not enough/

:&here is no basis %or the inrease in train %ares,; Malunes said/ :&he prie o% petroleu# produts

#ay ha(e dereased but wage rates re#ain the sa#e, train syste#s are #al%untioning, =ueuing

at the train stations are still long and o##uters waste a lot o% ti#e at long =ueues/;


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&o de#onstrate the group's opposition to the %are hike, Malunes said they will stage a piket

protest at the M)& North A(enue station in Bueon City at O a/#/ &he M)& . #anage#ent holds

o%%ie at the base#ent o% the &rino#a Mall, whih is ad2aent to the M)& North A(enue station/

&ARE IN'REASE ANN!$N'EMENT

In a late announe#ent "aturday, the $1&C %inally announed the date i#ple#enting the

appro(ed new %are o#putation %or the L)&-M)&/ &he announe#ent a#e a%ter ontinuous

drop in oil prie resulted to the redution o% %ares %or publi utility 2eepneys/

nder the proposed new %are #atri, passengers will be harged P boarding %ee plus P perkilo#eter tra(eled (ia the L)& or M)&/ Currently, an L)& ride %ro# !alaran, Pasay to

)oose(elt in Bueon City osts P3 while the longest L)& ride %ro# )eto, Manila to

"antolan, Pasig osts P8/ Meanwhile, the end-to-end trip at the M)& . %ro# &a%t A(enue, Pasayto North A(enue osts P8/ 1ne the new %are #atri is i#ple#ented, passengers will be harged

to as #uh as P.3 %or taking the longest L)& ride, P8 %or the L)& , or P@ %or the M)& ./

RE#$'E "!(T S$BSI#)

&he %are inrease is #eant to redue go(ern#ent subsidy in operating the L)& and M)&syste#s/ Annual subsidy in the operation o% the three o(erhead rail lines reportedly a#ounts to

P billion, whih is used to subsidie F3 perent o% the ost o% an L)& or L)& ride and O8

perent o% the prie o% an M)& . tiket/

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$1&C said P billion worth o% subsidy will be %reed up one the L)&-M)& %are hike is

i#ple#ented and used %or de(elop#ent pro2ets and relie% operations in other parts o% theountry/ &o illustrate, the $1&C said the pro2eted P billion sa(ings is e=ui(alent to @,93

lassroo#s, @ kilo#eters worth o% %ar#-to-#arket roads, or ,993 hetares' worth o% irrigated%ar#lands/

Allegedly beause o% the di%%erene in %ares that the go(ern#ent subsidies, the L)& reported a

de%iit o% P9/O39 billion while M)& reported a PO/83 billion %or 3/ !ut one the %are

ad2ust#ent is i#ple#ented, the go(ern#ent is seen to generate P/3F billion, whih it said willbe used to %und pro2ets suh as onstrution o% lassroo#s, %ar#-to-#arket roads, or irrigation

%ailities/

&he loo#ing %are inrease %or L)&-M)& will a%%et an a(erage o% 833,333 passengers riding theL)& daily, the 3,333 daily riders o% L)& and the 8F3,333 patrons o% M)& ./


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)1M!L1N, )o#blon, Philippines Q President A=uino de%ended yesterday the inrease in %ares

o% the Light )ail &ransits and and Metro )ail &ransit . despite opposition %ro# (arious

setors, saying he was willing to take the bullet %or an unpopular but long o(erdue deision toi#pro(e train ser(ies/

:&here is no per%et deision here,; A=uino said, noting the o#plaints %ro# those who would

ha(e additional epenses daily were epeted/

!ut then he said the @F #illion other 5ilipinos outside o% Metro Manila who were not using the

trains deser(ed to ha(e pro2ets that would diretly bene%it the#/

7e told reporters that the ontributions o% non-Metro Manila residents should ha(e been

dereased a long ti#e ago/

:Mula panahon pa, hindi na#an ni Magellan pero noong pagkatagal-tagal na,; A=uino said,

re%erring to an old 5ilipino 2oke about so#ething %ro# long ago that would date bak to the ti#ePortuguese eplorer 5erdinand Magellan led a "panish epedition and diso(ered the

Philippines/

&aes, higher %ares and pries are always a bitter pill to swallow %or the people but A=uino said

he did not want to lea(e the L)& and M)& proble#s behind/


In his speeh, A=uino said he has no #ore =ual#s about lea(ing o%%ie by 3F/ &he President

was here %or the aerial inspetion o% the )o#blon-"awang-Agpanabat pro(inial road and

ere#onial inauguration o% new buildings at the )o#blon Pro(inial 7ospital and )o#blonPubli &heater in Poblaion/

:&he deision is not about popularity, okay/ I don't want to be part o% the proble#,; he said,

noting that he ould not de%er the inrease and then 2ust pray to "t/ 4ude that the trains would run

sa%ely until the end o% his ter# and the burden would be on the shoulders o% his suessor/

&he President ad#itted he was told that the ti#ing o% the deision was bad but the truth was thatthe issue about inreasing train %are strutures had been around sine 3/

1%%er solutions

7e urged those ritiiing hi# to o%%er solutions that would sol(e train woes without %are hikes/

A=uino appealed to the train o##uters to onsider the %at that the train %ailities being used by

9 #illion people were also being paid %or by @F #illion other 5ilipinos/

7e eplained the go(ern#ent would ha(e to subsidie P98 out o% the PF3 daily ependiture per

train passenger %ro# end to end beause o##uters were only paying P8/


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:Now what's pain%ul is that the e=uip#ent is old/ &he newest *relati(ely is M)& *that was built

in >>>,; the President said/

7e said it had been F years sine M)& . was onstruted and the #a2or o(erhaul was doneeight years ago/

&he President said the P-billion subsidy %ro# the go(ern#ent ould 2ust #ake the trains run

daily/

:Can we i#pro(e the# *with the subsidyR No/ Can we add ser(ieR No/ Pwede #o bang basta

#apatakbo lang yung tawag sa a#in noong bata ka#i #askipaps' or #aski-papaano/ We spendP billion %or that *daily operations,; A=uino said/

&he President said the @F #illion non-train users ould (ery well =uestion why they had to pay

the P98 subsidy %or a passenger daily without any bene%it/

A=uino said the people in the pro(ines ould also ask %or better publi transport, airports andseaports %or the#/

&he President stressed the P-billion subsidy that would be taken out o% train operations ould be

used %or other progra#s while the P3 billion retained by Congress would be allotted %or

i#pro(e#ents o% the train syste# Q %or esalators, ele(ators, o#%ort roo#s, waiting areas/

7e again said he ould not depend on luk to keep the trains running/

&he President said taking the trains should be better than the bus and thus he wondered why

people were willing to pay higher %or an air-onditioned bus than the train/

A=uino said there would be additional train oahes and %ailities like the signaling syste#,

a#ong others that would be hanged/

&he President told the noisiest o% his ritis that his ears were open all the ti#e and ready to

listen i% there would be suggestions to sol(e the proble#/

:I% they ould sol(e the proble#, I will listen/ I% what they ha(e is better, then what are we going

to doR Pero kung puro rekla#o at wala na#ang solusyon na inihahain, talagang nagpapa-utelang sila at wala silang hilig na #agkaroon ng solusyon sa proble#a,; A=uino said/

&he !agong Alyansang Makabayan *!ayan has deried additional %are inreases to beshouldered by o##uters using the L)& /

!ayan seretary-general )enato )eyes said this was ad#itted by o%%iials o% the $epart#ent o%

&ransportation and Co##uniations *$1&C in the 7ouse publi hearing last &hursday/


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:&he $1&C ad#itted that under a onession agree#ent with the Light )ail Manila Consortiu#

o% Ayala and Metro Pai%i, the pri(ate operator will be getting a 3/8-perent %are inrease

e(ery two years, regardless o% their %inanial standing,; the group noted/

Law#akers also assailed President A=uino %or what they said was his insensiti(e and insulting

re#arks that ritis o% the M)& and L)& %are hikes were 2ust seeking publiity/

!uhay party-list )ep/ 4oselito Atiena said it was un%ortunate that A=uino did not see the issue as

about the ordinary o##uters' wel%are and e%%et o% the %are hikes on their daily wages/

:I'# (ery disappointed i% that's how he *A=uino sees the issue/ &his is not about politis orpapogi/ &his is about the ordinary 5ilipinos' ondition and the #andate that the M)& and L)&

pro(ide the #ost e%%iient ride at the #ini#u# ost,; Atiena said/

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Aquino says reasonable to hike MRT, LRT fares

President !enigno A=uino III says the go(ern#ent #ust hike the %ares %or the Metro )ail &ransit

*M)& . and Light )ail &ransit *L)& and so it an use the subsidy %or the rail syste#s to

%und other soial ser(ies

Rappler.comPublished 6:! PM, "ul ##, #$%

&pdated %:!6 PM, "ul #%, #$%

MANILA, Philippines President !enigno A=uino III said the go(ern#ent #ust hike the %ares

%or the Metro )ail &ransit *M)& . and Light )ail &ransit *L)& and so it ould use the

subsidy %or the rail syste#s %or other soial ser(ies/

In his 9th "tate o% the Nation Address on Monday, 4uly , A=uino said the go(ern#ent has been

shouldering P8 o% the ost o% eah trip #ade by passengers using the L)&, and P98 using the

M)&/

S6ah and e(ery 5ilipino pays a share o% the subsidy - whether you li(e in Mindanao or isayas

and not one ha(e you e(er stepped onto the L)& or M)&, you help %und this,S he said/

7e said it doesnTt help that pro%its %ro# posters and billboards in train stations go to pri(ate

o#panies instead o% go(ern#ent/ 7e said this was a result o% the deision o% Spast leadersS to

Sgi(e away our o##erial de(elop#ent rights/S


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SWhat we ould ha(e used to subsidie the ost o% #aintenane and operations was gi(en away,S

he said/

SPerhaps it is only reasonable %or us to #o(e the %ares o% the M)& and L)& loser to the %ares o%

air-onditioned buses so that the go(ern#ent subsidy %or the M)& and L)& an be used %or other

soial ser(ies,S he added/

Co##uters using M)&-. pay P8 %or a one-way trip along the entire line %ro# &a%t A(enue in

Pasay City to North A(enue in Bueon City/

&he sa#e %are is harged by L)&-, whih onnets !alaran in southern Metro Manila to

)oose(elt A(enue in Bueon City/

A P3 %are hike is sheduled to be i#ple#ented in tranhes%or both trains this year until 39/

A=uino said the true ost o% a whole trip on the M)& is PF3, and itTs P93 on the L)&/

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'ona #$%: 'ilent on (ater ta), all*out on LRT+MRT fare hike

Photo by Cheryl )a(eloE)euters

&wo things stood out in the "tate o% the Nation Address*"ona that rea%%ir#ed the big business

and neoliberalbias o% President !enigno A=uino III/ 5irst, whih stood out beause o% its

onspiuous absene in the "ona, is the issue o% passed on ino#e taes and other epenses by

Manila Water and Maynilad/ "eond is the all-out push by A=uino to hike the %ares in L)& and

M)&, whih is tied to the regi#e's publi-pri(ate partnership *PPP or pri(atiation progra#/

Inidentally, both in(ol(e two in%luential business interests that are widely seen to ha(e lose ties

with the A=uino ad#inistration the Ayala %a#ily and the group o% Manny / Pangilinan *MP/&he Ayalas ontrol Manila Water while the MP group ontrols Maynilad/ &hese big business

interests ha(e also set up the Light )ail Manila Consortiu#, one o% the bidders in the sheduled

pri(atiation o% L)& this #onth/

#o03le sta.dards

A=uino's e(asion o% the water ino#e ta issueundersores the double standards o% his daang

matuwidand anti-orruption rhetori, whih as usual was again pro#inent in his speeh/ In his

"ona, the President praised the Metropolitan Waterworks and "ewerage "yste# *MW"" %or

instituting re%or#s in the ageny/ It will be realled that in his %irst "ona, A=uino hit the waterageny %or he%ty bonusesen2oyed by its o%%iials/ "uh ano#aly has already been addressed, said

A=uino, iting the al#ost P-billion ino#e o% MW"" last year %ro# a P.9-#illion de%iit in

33/ 7e also praised "e/ )ogelio "ingson, who used to be president and C61 o% Maynilad, %or

addressing orruption in the $epart#ent o% Publi Works and 7ighways *$PW7/

!ut while etolling the MW"" and "ingson %or the supposed good go(ernane re%or#s in their

agenies, A=uino did not #ention the onerous Conession Agree#entthat in(ol(ed MW"" and
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"ingson and #ade onsu#ers pay %or the ino#e taes, orporate donations, ad(ertise#ents and

other epenses o% Maynilad and Manila Water/ More i#portantly, the President said nothing on

what he intends to do with the said ano#alous PPP ontrat/ $id "e/ )ene Al#endras, who as

%or#er Manila Water president was also in(ol(ed in i#ple#enting the ontro(ersial Conession

Agree#ent had a hand in deter#ining the ontent o% the "ona in his apaity as "eretary to the

CabinetR

&he presene o%%or#er top eeuti(es o% the Ayalas and MP in key Cabinet positionsand the

PPP as enterpiee eono#i progra# o% the A=uino ad#inistration eplain the deliberate silene

o% the President on the ontro(ersy hounding Manila Water and Maynilad/ While the MW""-

)egulatory 1%%ie is disputing the pri(ate water onessionaires on the issue o% ino#e taes and

other pass-on harges, it is still MalaaKang that will be deisi(e ulti#ately/

&hrough their paid ads weeks be%ore the "ona, Manila Water and Maynilad ha(e warned not only

the regulators but MalaaKangitsel% on the supposed santity o% pri(atiation ontrats/ &hey

know that the pri(atiation o% MW"" is regarded as the baro#eter o% PPP in the Philippines anda deision detri#ental to the water onessionaires *and %a(orable to the onsu#ers will

seriously under#ine the PPP initiati(es o% A=uino/ A=uino's re%usal to issue a ategorial

state#ent baking the widespread publi la#or against the =uestionable harges o% Manila

Water and Maynilad in his "ona speaks (olu#es about where the President's loyalty lies/

MalaaKang apparently does not want to upset the Ayalas and the MP group whih ha(e been

a#ong the #ost aggressi(e in seuring PPP ontrats %ro# go(ern#ent/

&are hike a.d pri1ati/atio.

While A=uino was silent on the abusi(e priing o% Manila Water and Maynilad and the

oppressi(eness o% the Conession Agree#ent, the President was lear in his relentless push to

inrease the %ares in L)& and M)&/ Like the MW"", the L)& and M)& %are hike was also

a#ong the ontro(ersial issues raised by A=uino in his %irst "ona/

)eiterating his position in 33, A=uino lai#ed that inreasing the L)& and M)& %ares to

approi#ate air onditioned bus %ares is 2usti%ied/ 7e raised the argu#ent repeatedly pointed out

by $epart#ent o% &ransportation and Co##uniations *$1&C o%%iials that go(ern#ent is

supposedly subsidiing P8 *L)& to P98 *M)&/ 5reeing up suh subsidies #eans #ore %unds

%or soial ser(ies that will bene%it the entire ountry and not only the Metro Manila o##uters,

argued the President/ &he $1&C has earlierannouned that it will i#ple#enta P3-%are hike to

be i#ple#ented in two tranhes/

!ut it has been pointed out that the supposed subsidies, in the ase o% M)&, atually go to ser(ie

debtsarising %ro# the guaranteed pro%its and so(ereign guarantees gi(en by go(ern#ent to the

train syste#'s %or#er pri(ate operators/ L)& lines, on the other hand, aregenerating enough

re(enuesto o(er its #aintenane and operation, although debts also bloat the total osts/ $ebts,
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howe(er, should not be passed on to o##uters as #ass transportation is a publi in(est#ent

that generates eono#i and soial gains/

A=uino and his transportation o%%iials are not saying it, but the real reason behind the persistent

dri(e to raise L)& and M)& %ares is the go(ern#ent's grand PPP progra# %or Metro Manila's

light rail syste#/ It will start with the PF3/F.-billion L)& etension and pri(atiation, thebiggest PPP pro2et so %ar o% the ad#inistration/ Inreasing the %ares would de#onstrate

go(ern#ent's resol(e and ability to regularly ad2ust %ares, despite its unpopularity, to #ake the

syste# pro%itable as planned in the dra%t .8-year Conession Agree#ent %or L)& /

&he said L)& Conession Agree#entis as onerous as the MW"" Conession Agree#ent/ Its

latest dra%t *as o% 4une O still ontains the so-alled regulatory risk guarantee/ "etion 3/9/a o%

the dra%t agree#ent allows the pri(ate L)& operator to seure :de%iit pay#ent; %ro#

go(ern#ent *i/e/, tapayers when the appro(ed %are is lower than the :notional %are;/ &he

notional %are is a pre-deter#ined %are le(el set out in the Conession Agree#ent that will ensure

the o##erial (iability o% L)& and the pro%its o% its pri(ate operator/ &his e%%eti(elyderegulates the setting o% %ares and renders #eaningless any inter(ention %ro# Congress, the

ourts and other regulatory agenies/

Aside %ro# the Ayala-MP group, other L)& bidders are presidential nle $anding

Co2uango's "MC In%ra )esoures In/? the Consun2is' $MCI 7oldings In/, whih also lists

4apanese giant Marubeni Corp/ as one o% its partners? and the M&$ "a#sung Consortiu# o%

Malaysia and "outh orea/

A=uino pakaged his "ona as the "ona o% the people/ 7e lai#ed that inlusi(e growth is behind

e(ery initiati(e o% his ad#inistration/ &hepast three yearssay otherwise/ 7is silene on the

Manila Water and Maynilad ontro(ersy, his all-out push %or L)& and M)& %are hike, his rabid

pro#otion o% neoliberal pri(atiation, all say otherwise/ (END)
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espite fare hike, commuters still queue for MRT, LRT rides

"anuary !, #$! -:!-am

LRT, MRT fare hike draws ak from commuters, netizens. ommuters check the ne( fare matri)posted on A (all at the LRT oroteo "ose station in Manila on Monday, "anuary !. The ne( base fare (hichtook e/ect 'unday, "anuary 0, is no( P from the current P$ (ith P per additional kilometer. 1T 'ec.

"ose 2milio Abaya said the increased rates (ill brin3 impro4ed ser4ices on the LRT and MRT lines. ommuterscall the fare increase an 5inconsiderate mo4e5 slapped a3ainst students and poor (orkers usin3 the transportsystems. Danny Pata

A fare increase has not diminished the lon3 queues of commuters takin3 the Li3htand Metro Rail Transit systems.

1n the rst (orkin3 day of the year, lon3 lines formed ane( at MRT stations, radiod7889s Rodil e3a reported early Monday.

ommuters at the MRT ;orth A4enue station in


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Q $0!! "uper )adyo *dbb 4anuary 9, 38

At the LRT 'antolan station, mean(hile, the lon3 queue of commuters spilled onto

the streets.

Pila ng #ga pasahero sa L)& "antolan kanina, ulat ni 5euPortraitsJ I-tweet ang inyong ulatU

Gbantayo##utepi/twitter/o#E5H26NV(M6y

Q Hou"oop *Hou"oop4anuary 8, 38

'tartin3 "an. 0, the ne( base fare is P from the current P$ (ith P per additionalkilometer.

epartment of Transportation and ommunications 'ecretary "ose 2milio Abaya saidthe increased rates (ill brin3 impro4ed ser4ices on the MRT and LRT lines.

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'uch a fare hike is 5(ithout le3al basis5 and 5patently anti*commuter,5 it added.

8ayan branded the fare hike President 8eni3no Aquino >>>9s 5?reat Train Robbery,5(hich it said (ill 54ictimi7e the .% million daily commuters of the MRT and LRT,takin3 from their pockets P#. billion.5

5Today and in the comin3 days, (e (ill sta3e mass protest actions to air thepeople@s outra3e o4er the un=ust fare increases. Today, (e le a petition before the'upreme ourt seekin3 a stop to the fare hike. A broad array of 3roups andindi4iduals ha4e united to challen3e the fare hike before the i3h ourt,5 it added.oel Locsin!"#, #M$ %ews
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LRT, MRT fare hike likely in Au3ust B 1T

"une #, #$% 6:00pm

%$% #$ $ C!0

Tags& epartment of Transportation and ommunication

The P$ fare increase on Metro Manila@s three ele4ated rail(ays could start inAu3ust as the 3o4ernment e)pects to cut back subsidy on train operations,Transportation and ommunications 'ecretary 2milio Abaya said.

DEala pa naman3 eksakton3 petsa, pero an3 plano namin (ithin the year ma*e)ecute po ito Ffare hikeG,H Abaya said in a report on ?MA ;e(s T9s DIape at8alitaH on Jriday. D'i3uro Au3ust.H

The increase (ill come in t(o tranches: one this year and another in #$0.

D1n the a4era3e an3 increase po ay P! sa unan3 taon at sa ikala(an3 taon ay P!din po,H Abaya said. DAabutin po rou3hly n3 P$. An3 desisyon po namin ay hatiinpo ito by P! on the a4era3e per year.H

The increase (as proposed as the 3o4ernment eyes to lessen its subsidy for trainoperations.

LRT* runs from 8aclaran in Pasay to Roose4elt in aloocan city, (hile LRT*# runs

from 'antolan in Pasi3 ity to .M. Recto in Manila.

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D&nan3*una, mata3al niyo nan3 narinin3 na na*appro4e na po itoN ;atapos na poan3 public consultation. Pero ako personally, ma3anda na ma3karoon n3 publicconsultation muli para malaman an3 sentimyento Kn3 publiko,H he said.

Mean(hile, militant 3roup 8ayan on Jriday labeled the fare hike as Dun=ust and anti*

commuter.H

DThe increase is an un=ust burden on commuters. The fare hike (ill not necessarily3o to impro4ed ser4ices since it (ill only be used to pay the debts incurred by thetrain lines,H 8ayan secretary 3eneral Renato M. Reyes, "r. said in a statement.e added that the DP6 billion to PC billion yearly subsidy 3oes to payin3 o/ the hu3edebts of the train lines. The =ustication for the fare hike is that subsidy is bein3reduced. This means that debt payments (ill no( be taken from the pockets of thecommuters.H Rouchelle Dinglasan!"'", #M$ %ews
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Oouth party: MRT+LRT fare hikes unconscionable0 "anuary #$! 4ie(s ;o omment

:&he %are hikes %or the L)& , L)& and M)&-. are unonsionable, espeially at a ti#e when

our nation is reo(ering %ro# #a2or disasters, and at a ti#e when workers' wages re#ain grossly

insu%%iient to e(en o(er %or basi needs/;

&his is the state#ent o% abataan Partylist )ep/ &erry )idon as the $epart#ent o% &ransportation

and Co##uniations *$1&C begins the i#ple#entation o% huge %are inreases in three o% the

nation's train lines/

5are rates in the three light rail syste#s ha(e al#ost doubled, with the %are %or the single 2ourney

tiket %ro# North A(enue to &a%t A(enue rising %ro# the urrent P8 to P@, while #ai#u#

%ares at the L)& reahing P.3/

Houth and student ati(ists greeted the %irst day o% i#ple#entation o% the %are hikes with a series

o% lightning protests in M)& stations/

:&he %are hike is si#ply unaeptable and is a hea(y burden %or workers and students who are

the #ain patrons o% our train lines/ It's also enraging to ask %or an inrease at a ti#e when the

ost o% eletriity, %uel and other basi utilities are also rising,; )idon said/

In %at, the %are inrease proposal is baseless, the youth solon said/ :We annot agree to a %are

hike that is both un2usti%ied and eorbitant,; he said/

)idon eplained that the operation and #aintenane *1M ost o% the M)& is atually lower

than the pre(ious %are rate/ &he legislator said that under the :%arebo #ethod; or the proportiono% %are re(enues to the total operational osts o% trains, M)& 1M ost per passenger osts only

P>/, whih is P3/@> to P8/@> #ore than the P3 to P8 %ares harged until reently/

:No less than the $1&C ad#itted that bulk o% the epenses that the go(ern#ent shoulders %or the

train syste#s go to guaranteed pro%its o% pri(ate ounterparts and debt pay#ent/ I% we look at the

data losely, 1M osts an already be o(ered by the P3-P8 %are rates/ &here is a shortage o%

%unds due to the go(ern#ent's onerous debts,; )idon said/

:Clearly, the go(ern#ent wants to ontinue passing the burden o% onerous debt and guaranteed

pro%its to the people, e(en resorting to the use o% twisted logi to de%end its position,; )idon said/

!ak in 4uly 39, President !enigno A=uino III eplained in length why there is a need to

inrease train %ares in his "tate o% the Nation Address *"1NA/

:6ah trip that one passenger #akes on the L)& is esti#ated to ost P93/ What does eah

passenger payR P8/ &his #eans that the go(ern#ent subsidies the re#aining P8/ As %or the

M)&, the true ost o% one trip is PF3D P8 paid by passengers, P98 by the go(ern#entQin the


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end, eah and e(ery 5ilipino pays a share o% the subsidy/ Whether you li(e in Mindanao or

isayas, and not one ha(e you e(er stepped onto the L)& or M)&, you help to %und this,;

A=uino eplained in his %ourth "1NA/

:5ollowing A=uino's line o% thinking, it would not be surprising i% #ore baseline ser(ies grow

e(en #ore epensi(e as the go(ern#ent intensi%ies its liberaliation agenda and its unha#pered%a(or %or big business/ We #ust %ight o%% this %are hike with olleti(e deter#ination as it is an

un2ust and unonsionable burden,; )idon said/


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"une %$: ountdo(n to '1;A protests be3ins

Posted date: "une %$, #$0>n: ;e(s Releases

News )elease

4une .3, 39

1n the %ourth anni(ersary o% the inauguration o% !enigno A=uino III as president, ause-oriented

groups #arhed to Mendiola bridge, led by %ar#ers %ro# di%%erent parts o% the ountry/ &he

Lakbayan protest signals the start o% the ountdown %or an e(en bigger nationwide #ass ation

on 4uly @, A=uino's 8th"tate o% the Nation Address/

:It's not 2ust in the "andiganbayan where an i#portant trial is being held/ 1utside the ourt, in

the streets, in the o##unities, shools and work plaes, another is taking plae/ It is the A=uino

regi#e that is on trial, and the (erdit will be out on 4uly @ at the "1NA protests,; said !ayan

seretary general )enato M/ )eyes, 4r/

:It is only %itting that on 4une .3, it will be the poor %ar#ers who will on%ront the landlord

president/ &he %ake land re%or# progra# CA)P6), initiated by the %irst A=uino regi#e in >@O

and lapsed under the seond A=uino regi#e in 39, has %ailed to atually distribute land and

upli%t the onditions o% peasants all o(er the ountry,; )eyes said/

!ayan said that 9 years is #ore than enough ti#e to pass 2udge#ent on the A=uino go(ern#ent

and its per%or#ane/ :We are past the #idway #ark o% A=uino's ter#/ 7e has %ailed at land

re%or#, right at his own bakyard in 7aienda Luisita/ 7e has %ailed at seuring a stable prie o%

rie, and is in %at obli(ious to the auses o% rising pries o% agriultural produts/ Like a true

landlord, he ares little %or what the o##on people are eperiening,; )eyes added/

:And it #akes little sense too that A=uino would e(en aspire %or a Nobel Peae prie no#ination

in light o% the troubles and on%lits %aed by the ountry,; he added/

&he group noted that while %ar#ers %ae worsening onditions, go(ern#ent o%%iials get %at

bonuses and salaries/ It ited the ase o% Agriulture seretary Proeso Alala who is the highest

paid abinet o%%iial beause o% his P #illion salary at the $epart#ent o% Agriulture and

another P/ #illion salary as hair o% the National 5ood Authority ounil/ !ayan has assailed

the huge salary o% Alala beause o% his %ailures to urb the rising pries o% agriultural produts/

&he 4une .3 protesters are de#anding the enat#ent o% a genuine land re%or# progra# beause

o% the gross %ailures o% CA)P6)/
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!ayan will be spearheading a nationwide protest on 4uly @ in ti#e %or the "1NA/ &his year's

protest is epeted to be bigger than last year due to burning issues suh as the pork barrel sa#,

rising pries o% o##odities, the plight o% Holanda (iti#s, the 6nhaned $e%ense Cooperation

Agree#ent, and hu#an rights (iolations/ GGG


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Aquino seeks to institutionali7e AP, orders kill impeach in 'ona

Eritten by Tribune Eires

Eednesday, %$ "uly #$0 $$:$$

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President A=uino sought to institutionalie the $isburse#ent Aeleration Progra# *$AP and

issued a subtle order %or his allies in Congress to kill #o(es to i#peah hi# in his penulti#ate

"tate o% the Nation Address *"ona, #ilitant groups said yesterday/

)enato )eyes 4r/, seretary general o% !agong Alyansang Makabayan *!ayan, said A=uino used

the "ona as a plat%or# to 2usti%y the $AP and to send a lear #essage to Congress that thei#peah#ent o#plaint should be 2unked/

)eyes said !ayan would pursue the i#peah#ent o#plaint/ &hree i#peah#ent o#plaints

ha(e so %ar been %iled against the President the %irst two were in relation to the $AP and the

third was %or the signing o% the "-P7 6nhaned Partnership Cooperation Agree#ent/

:Not only did A=uino de%end the ontro(ersial $AP to the hilt during his %i%th "ona, he also

issued #arhing orders to institutionalie it, %or#er !ayan Muna )ep/ &eddy CasiKo added/

:&hey want to institutionalie the $AP through the rede%inition o% sa(ings,; CasiKo said at a

press on%erene yesterday/

CasiKo added the 2oint resolution would gi(e A=uino a %ree hand to a#end the


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took o%%ie %our years ago/

It said the ontro(ersy is o(er a go(ern#ent spending progra#, parts o% whih the high ourt

struk down this #onth/

!udget "eretary 5lorenio Abad de%ended the progra#, saying it was %unded through sa(ings

that resulted in utting praties (ulnerable to orruption/ Abad said it brought a :dra#ati

i#pro(e#ent; to eono#i growth/$uring his national address last Monday, A=uino ited ea#ples o% how the =uik %unding

helped the shool syste# and disaster response e%%orts a#ong nu#erous other initiati(es/

:I know that those o% you in this hall are one with #e in belie(ing that we #ust not depri(e our

ountry#en o% bene%its, and that these should reah the# in the soonest possible ti#e/ &his is

whyD We are proposing the passage o% a supple#ental budget %or 39, so that the

i#ple#entation o% our progra#s and pro2ets need not be o#pro#ised,; A=uino stated/

&he ad#inistration stopped the use o% $AP and sub#itted a #otion %or reonsideration to the

"upre#e Court/ Petitioners ha(e been asked to respond/

Presidential Co##uniations "eretary 7er#inio Colo#a said pressing national issues suh as

the 5reedo# o% In%or#ation bill, 5oI, territorial dispute, oup d'etat, s#uggling, shortage on riesupply, and eletriity proble# were not inluded in the "ona beause the ad#inistration had

addressed the# already/

1n the West Philippine "ea issue, Colo#a said A=uino had opted not to inlude in his speeh the

aspet o% the territorial disputes/

:&he President #ay ha(e %elt there is su%%iient publi awareness on the West Philippine "ea

issue, as well as an ade=uate le(el o% support %ro# the people, inluding endorse#ents %ro#

leading ountries, to the ountry's reourse to N arbitration,; Colo#a said/

A=uino said in his "ona that &he #oderniation o% the Ar#ed 5ores is urrently ongoing/

A=uino had said he was :aware o% the hallenges our ountry %aes, and we also know the high

ost o% the e=uip#ent we need;/

Without #entioning the territorial disputes, A=uino had only said that,; today, I a# glad to report

to you the ongoing #oderniation o% the A5P;/

1n the unending proble# o% s#uggling, Colo#a said A=uino's #essage ould ha(e not been

heard by those who were o#plaining about s#uggling/

:Maybe they %ailed hear it/ &he President disussed the wider a#paign o% re%or#s in the !ureau

o% Custo#s and an inrease o% olletions,; Colo#a said/

1n the 5oI bill, Colo#a said A=uino had already #ade his state#ent about the possibility o% its

passage in Congress be%ore his ter# ends in 3F that there was no need to ha(e it in his "ona/

:Hou are orret in sur#ising that :he had already #ade the assuraneXduring the $aylight

$ialog that it would be passed be%ore his ter# ends in 3F,; Colo#a said/

Colo#a said the #e#bers o% Congress ould ha(e already got the #essage o% A=uino about his

desire on 51I bill/

:7e #ade a 2udg#ent all that, indeed, :a word to the wise will su%%ie;? hene, he dee#ed it no

longer neessary to disuss it anew in the "ona,; Colo#a saod/

1n the i#pending power risis in Luon and Metro Manila, Colo#a said A=uino had already

addressed the power proble# in his "ona/

:A re(iew o% the speeh will readily show that he did address the power issue/ 7e direted


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"eretary Petilla to onsult with all i#portant stakeholders, inkuding the 6)C, the 4oint

Congressional Power Co##ission, the industry players, and i(il soiety organiations,; Colo#a

said/

A=uino said that they were doing e(erything in their power to ensure that the growing energy

de#and in the ountry is #et/A.4ie M2 Rosales, Pa0l Atie./a


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Many people will be glued to their tele(ision sets today to listen to President !enigno

A=uino III tell the# what they already knowD the state o% the nation as he sees it/ &he trouble

with this annual rig#arole is that e(ery person has his or her own (iew o% the state o% the nation/

&he President sees it with rose-olored glasses, thanks to his e%%orts/ &he people, espeially the

poor, see it di%%erently/ Li%e is harder, there is less to eat, he is still a s=uatter, he still has no 2ob,

his hildren are out o% shool, one o% the# is sik but an't get su%%iient #edial attentionbeause he has no #oney %or his hospitaliation or %or a dotor, he an't get help %ro#

go(ern#ent harity agenies beause the red tape is so long, orruption in go(ern#ent is still

ende#i, ri#e is still o##on, et/, et/

!ut to hear it %ro# the President and his allies, we are about to enter the Pro#ised Land? to hearit %ro# the opposition, we are worse o%% now than we were be%ore/ A%ter e(ery "ona, the people

are bewildered/ Who should they belie(eR

Y Y Y

Why is it that in onduting al#ost all transations in the Philippines, you ha(e to ha(e learane%ro# the National !ureau o% In(estigation that you are not a ri#inal and you ha(e to pro(e your

birth with a birth erti%iateR Are ri#inals so widespread in the Philippines that it is presu#ed

that any person without an N!I learane is a ri#inalR

Look at the long lines o% 5ilipinos patiently waiting %or their learanes in %ront o% the N!I/ Lookat the hordes o% people waiting %or opies o% their own birth erti%iates at the National "tatistis

1%%ie/ 6(en when you want to pay your taes, pay your loan at the "oial "eurity "yste# or

the


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&his at o% Megadata was said to be in (iolation o% its original !1& ontrat with the N!I/

Megadata was supposed to trans%er tehnial epertise, so%tware and hardware to the N!I upon

the ter#ination o% its ontrat/

Megadata is in(ol(ed with other ontro(ersial in%or#ation tehnology ser(ies inluding the

issuane o% alleged low =uality dri(er's lienses, an ausation o% then Land &ransportation1%%ie *L&1 hie% Alberto "uansing/

$uring the ad#inistration o% President 4oseph 6strada, the 1%%ie o% the 1#buds#anin(estigated then 4ustie "eretary "era%in Cue(as and his brother 5ile#on, a#bassador at large,

%or an apparent :on%lit o% interest; arising %ro# the awarding o% a P9-billion go(ern#ent

pro2et to a o#pany where they ha(e holdings/ &he ontrat was later on anelled/

&he Cue(ases are #a2or stokholders o% A#alga#ated Manage#ent and $e(elop#ent Corp/*AM$C/ &his o#pany is a #e#ber o% the Megadata Consortiu# whih won the bid %or the

o#puteriation o% land titling o% the L)A, whih is an ageny under the $epart#ent o% 4ustie,

whose hie% was then "era%in Cue(as/

4ustie "eretary Leila de Li#a has ordered an in(estigation o% Megadata %or %ailing to trans%ertehnology and epertise to the N!I as pro(ided in the ontrat/

:I %ind it =uestionable that there is no suh trans%er a%ter #ore than .3 years,; she said/

&he ontrat's epiration last 4une .3 without a replae#ent has resulted in on%usion a#ong

appliants %or N!I learane/ Also to be in(estigated is how Megadata was retained %or . years/

N!I will hold a bidding %or a new I& ser(ie pro(ider in about si #onths/ Whih #eans

appliants %or N!I learane will ha(e to su%%er %or at least si #ore #onths/

&he N!I said it wants to a(ail itsel% o% the latest tehnologies at par with in(estigati(e agenies

o% other ountries like the " 5ederal !ureau o% In(estigation and !ritain's "otland Hard/

Meanwhile, the N!I has set up satellite o%%ies in 6(er-


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MANILA, Philippines Q &hree senators on Monday (oied their opposition against the %are

inrease in the Light )ail &ransit *L)& Lines and and Metro )ail &ransit . *M)&., with atleast two epressing support to the "upre#e Court petitions to stop the %are hike/

:Hes, I a# against the inrease as well,; "enator 5ranis :Chi; 6sudero said in a tet #essage

when asked i% he would support plans by so#e groups to raise the #atter be%ore the high ourt/

:&here was no #ention in the budget hearings o% suh an inrease and they ha(e su%%iientbudget o(er %or the i#pro(e#ent o% M)&./ !esides, they should %irst i#pro(e the syste# and

pre(ent all o##uter proble#s be%ore e(en starting to think o% an inrease,; 6sudero,hair#an o% the "enate %inane o##ittee, said/

:Additionally, I don't think they an tak this inrease on hearings held way bak in 33 whihthere%ore gi(es rise to =uestions in(ol(ing the absene or lak o% due proess,; 6sudero said/

"enator iente :&ito; "otto III, an opposition #e#ber, also ga(e his support to petitions

against the L)&, M)& %are hike/

:Hes, I do i% it's the only reourse le%t,; "otto said in a tet #essage/

Another opposition #e#ber, "enator 4oseph itor :4; 62erito, also protested the %are hike,saying it was ill-ti#ed sine it was i#ple#ented at the start o% the year and as the ountry is

preparing %or the upo#ing 5east o% the !lak Naarene this week and (isit o% Pope 5ranis

net week/

:Walang puso ang bawat piso na dagdag-pasahe sa M)& at L)& na itinaon sa gitna ng#alaparusang serbisyo na dinaranas ng #ga pasahero nito tulad ng napakahabang pila, kawalan


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ng gu#aganang ele(ator at esalator, at tu#itigil o nadidiskaril na tren,; 62erito said in a

state#ent/

:Napakasa#a din ng ti#ing nito na itinaon sa pagpasok ng bagong taon, sa #agaganap na pistang Naareno, at sa nalalapit na pagdating ni Pope 5ranis sa bansa,; he said/

62erito said the inrease would not ha(e been =uestionable i% the M)& and L)& ser(ies

were as good as the ser(ies o% trains in "ingapore and 7ong ong, whih are being en2oyed

by 5ilipino workers there/

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Oouths hold sele protest@ 4s. MRT, LRT fare hike

"anuary 0, #$! #:#-pm

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Tags& epartment of Transportation and ommunication

'ome youths on 'unday held a so*called sele protest a3ainst the fare hike for theLi3ht and Metro Rail Transit systems.

'unday (as the rst day the fare hikes (ent into e/ect.

Protesters posed in front of LRT and MRT stations holdin3 messa3es denouncin3 thefare increase.

The epartment of Transportation and ommunications also posted online the ne(fare matrices for the LRT Lines and # and for the MRT.

The ne( base fare (ill be P from the current P$ (ith P per additional kilometer.

1T 'ecretary "ose 2milio Abaya said the increased rates (ill brin3 impro4edser4ices on the MRT and LRT lines.

LRT Line links Roose4elt A4enue in


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+ more petitio.s filed a4ai.st LRT, MRT fare

i.crease

by )ey


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7e said that the M)& earned )/ billion tiket sales and only spent )/@ billion in operational

epense last year, while L)& earned )/8 billion but only spent )/3. billion/

:6(en i% it is losing, it is the go(ern#ent's task to %und #ass transport/ &he %are hike is beyonddoubt un2usti%iable beause up till now the $1&C has yet to aount %or the #ore than )3/O

billion it has spent on the M)& %or the past 3 years,; he pointed out/

:Worse, with all the %unds spent the M)& ser(ie is (ery dis#al and still deteriorating,; he

added/

5or its part, 5CC told the "C that the $1&C ated with gra(e abuse o% disretion a#ounting tolak or eess o% 2urisdition, when it appro(ed the i#position o% the new %are inreases whih it

branded as :arbitrary, unreasonable, and unonstitutional/;

:Not a single publi hearing or proper disussion was #ade by herein respondents, that would

show the 2usti%iation, reasoning or proper o#putation %or suh abrupt and huge %are inreases,;

it said/

:)espondents did not e(en bother to eplain to the riding publi the rationale and the basis why

they should pay suh a#ount %or reaking dangerous trains, that was reently derailed ausingin2uries and #oral shok to se(eral passengers,; it added/

Citing ea#ples o% the inreased rates, all the petitions stated that an M)& . trip %ro# North

A(enue in Bueon City to &a%t A(enue in Manila now osts )@ %ro# the original )8? an L)&

trip %ro# )oose(elt A(enue in Bueon City to !alaran in ParaKa=ue City is now ).3 %ro# )3?and an L)& trip %ro# C/M/ )eto in Manila to "antolan )oad in Pasig City is now )8 %ro#

the original )8/

&he "C 2usties are still on reess until 4anuary >/ !ut the rules pro(ide that Chie% 4ustie Maria

Lourdes P/ A/ "ereno an at on any urgent petition sub2et to on%ir#ation by #a2ority o% the2usties in their i##ediately %ollowing %ull ourt session/

5ull ourt sessions in the "C resu#e on 4anuary ./


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' asked to stop MRT*LRT fare hike

8y 2du PunayKThe Philippine 'tar Q &pdated "anuary 6, #$! * #:$$am

# 6 3oo3leplus $

A resident checks the readin3 from ro(s of (ater meters at a compound in Teachersilla3e,


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Me#bers o% #ilitant groups on "unday launhed #ass ations at so#e M)& and L)& stations to

protest the %are hikes/

:&he L)&EM)& annot lai# suh inreases as a #atter o% right, and the $1&C, or any ageny

%or that #atter, annot grant suh inrease e-parte, beause any suh inrease should be based

on reasonable grounds to be deter#ined in a =uasi-2udiial proeeding,; !ayan's 8@-pagepetition read/

eadlines K Article MRec , pa3ematch: , sectionmatch:

:&he seretary o% the $1&C si#ply does not ha(e any on%erred authority and there is no

a(ailable proedure within the $1&C to properly onsider the propriety o% a %are rate inrease

%or the L)&EM)&,; !ayan said/

!ayan also assailed the lak o% publiation o% the rate inrease, a proedure re=uired by law/

!ayan stressed the $1&C :has no authority nor 2urisdition to resol(e the %aread2ust#entEinreases o% L)& and M)&, espeially sine both the L)& and M)& are publi

ser(ies and #ust be sub2et to regulation, and their %are rate #ay not be ad2usted unilaterally/;

&he #ilitant group e#phasied only the Land &ransportation 5ranhising and )egulatory !oard

*L&5)! is e#powered to deide on %are issues/

&he group, through its seretary general )enato )eyes 4r/, alled the %are hike :un2ust and

unreasonable; and :patently anti-o##uter/;

In his petition, "y2uo pointed out that the $1&C appro(ed the %are ad2ust#ent e(en without thepri(ate operators asking %or it/

:It is irregular %or $1&C to grant these pri(ate onessionaires these %are hikes, e(en without

their atually applying %or a %are hike, and e(en without a hearing where they should ha(e

presented the bases on why they deser(e a %are hike, and the etent o% the %are inrease,; he said/

"y2uo also argued that the L)& and M)& are a :publi utility; and should be sub2et to :publi

regulation/;

7e argued that no publi onsultation was #ade be%ore the %are hike, noting that the $e/

onsultation onduted by the $1&C was a presentation o% the new %are #atri/

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Na#ed respondents in both petitions were $1&C "eretary 4ose 6#ilio Abaya, M)& . 1%%ie

o%%ier-in-harge )enato "an 4ose, L)& Authority ad#inistrator 7onorito Chaneo, M)& Corp/

and Light )ail Manila Consortiu# o% Ayala and Metro Pai%i/

While the "C was still on holiday reess when the petitions were %iled, rules allow the Chie%

4ustie to at on urgent petitions and issue relie% like &)1 or "BA sub2et to onsultation withother 2usties and a%%ir#ation upon resu#ption o% session on 4an/ ./

&he $1&C allowed an inrease in base %are o% P %or both the L)& and M)& %or the %irst %our

kilo#eter, starting 4an/ 9, with an additional P harge %or e(ery kilo#eter/

Solo.s 1s fare hike

At the 7ouse o% )epresentati(es, law#akers asked MalaaKang to resind the %are hikes ahead o%

a ongressional in=uiry into the issue beginning &hursday/

Akbayan party-list )ep/ Walden !ello and abataan party-list )ep/ &erry )idon, in separate

state#ents, said the ad2ust#ents would be a big burden to L)& and M)& o##uters, #ost o%

who# belong to the #iddle- and low-ino#e groups/

!ello said the ad#inistration is %aith%ully per%or#ing its ontratual obligations to pri(ate setor

players, but is not li(ing up to its soial ontrat to pro(ide inepensi(e, ade=uate and sa%e publi

ser(ies to the people/

:With in%lation eating at their ino#es and so#e F-@ per ent o% people re#aining under the

po(erty line, the 33 per ent %are inrease will #ean less to spend %or %ood and shelter %or the

a(erage urban %a#ily,; he said/

)idon said :higher train %ares will diretly translate to less %ood on the table %or #illions o%

households/;

:Abo(e-in%lation train %are hikes will eat up a signi%iant hunk o% a typial 5ilipino %a#ily's

daily budget, =uikly leading to a hard-%elt do#esti risis in thousands o% ho#es,; he said/

&he two law#akers noted that e(en the $1&C had ad#itted that proeeds %ro# the %are

inreases would not go to the i#pro(e#ent o% train ser(ies and %ailities but to pay o%% debts/

!ello also said Abaya should not rail against proposals %or go(ern#ent subsidies %or the L)& and

M)&/

:Perhaps he should be %aulting the !ureau o% Internal )e(enue %or being ine%%eti(e in olleting

taes %ro# the rih and the $epart#ent o% the !udget %or the wrong priorities in budgetary

#anage#ent,; he said/


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:With ta re(enues o#ing to only 8 to O per ent o%


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"en/ 4oseph itor 62erito, %or his part, said there was an apparent atte#pt to #islead the publi

when the go(ern#ent i#posed the M)&EL)& %are hike during the holiday season and 2ust days

be%ore the 5east o% the !lak Naarene and the (isit o% Pope 5ranis/

In a state#ent, 62erito said it was heartless %or the ad#inistration to i#pose higher %ares

onsidering that o##uters had to bear poor and e(en unsa%e train ser(ies/

7e said o##uters wouldn't #ind paying #ore i% the L)& and M)& ser(ies are eellent like

those in "ingapore and 7ong ong/

Too late

7ad the $1&C i#ple#ented the planned i#pro(e#ents in the M)& and L)& as sheduled, rate

hikes would not ha(e been neessary, "en/ Nany !inay said/

"he said the P9/8 billion ear#arked %or the purhase o% additional oahes %or the M)&-. ended

up instead in other pro2ets under the ontro(ersial $isburse#ent Aeleration Progra# *$AP/

:In 3, the $1&C surrendered P9/8 billion alloated %or purhasing additional ars %or the

M)&. to the $AP/ Now, the o##uters are aghast beause the %unds that should ha(e been used

%or the i#pro(e#ent o% the ser(ie o% the M)& are gone,; !inay said/

:I% the P9/8 billion was used properly by the $1&C and resulted in the purhase o% new trains

then #ost likely there would be no %are inrease %or the M)& and L)&,; she added/

!inay also =uestioned the ti#ing o% the %are inrease, onsidering that the appro(ed national

budget %or this year ontained alloations %or the i#pro(e#ent o% Metro Manila's #ass transitsyste#s/

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be %aulted %or doubting go(ern#ent's assurane that the %are hikes would result in better M)&

and L)& ser(ies/

:We ha(e seen and tested this ti#e and ti#e again the %are inrease wouldn't ensure better

ser(ies,; he said/

:&he #ass railway syste#'s diretion o% pri(atiation has inurred so #uh debt that the hunk

o% go(ern#ent subsidy is atually going to the pri(ate setor, and not to atual #aintenane,; he

added/

A group opposed to the %are inrease has also launhed a :sel%ie protest; against the %are

inrease/

:&he sel%ie protest is 2ust the online aspet o% the #assi(e disappro(al o% the 5ilipino people

against this anti-people poliy being i#ple#ented %or the bene%it o% pri(ate o#panies,;

G"trike&he7ike Network spokes#an Mark Louie A=uino said/

:Not e(en a single enta(o o% inrease %or the M)& and L)& is un2usti%iable as its ser(ie to the

riding publi re#ains poor,; he added/

Make them pa7

5or a oalition o% labor groups, the go(ern#ent should ha(e gone a%ter pri(ate ontrators that

#essed up the operations o% the M)& instead o% penaliing o##uters with higher %ares/

:Liabilities borne out o% an onerous ontrat should not be passed on to onsu#ers, penaliing

the# in e%%et as in the ase o% the !uild-Lease-&rans%er *!L& ontrat with the Metro )ail&ransit Corporation *M)&C that built the M)&. in >>O,;


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Jor the record: Presidential 'pokesperson on the MRT and LRT fare increase

Posted on"anuary 6, #$!

&rom the !ffice of the Preside.tial Spokesperso.

&his is to lari%y the go(ern#ent's position on the Metro )ail &ransit *M)& and Light )ail&ransit *L)& %are inrease as disussed by Presidential "pokesperson 6dwin Laierda in a press

brie%ing held on 4anuary 8, 38/

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On the petitions fled against commuter groups against the are increase

Secretar7 Lacierda: :Well, that is the right o% the [itien\ Q those who %iled the petition to

=uestion the rate hikeX Matagal na po itong [inrease in %ares\ dapat ginawa/ Iilang hearings na

rin ang nagawa natin noon paX &here are two onernsQonern ng ser(ie at saka yung

onern to the needX to rehabilitate the M)& ser(ie/ And that's why we are doing that with the

38 budget/;

On statements that the Department o Transportation and Communications (DOTC)

did not mention the are increase during budget deliberations

Secretar7 Lacierda: :X &his is not the %irst ti#e that we ha(e already publily #ani%ested the

intention to raise the M)& rates/ In %at, the "tate o% the Nation Address o% the President [last

3.\ already #entioned why we needed to inrease the M)& rates at the sa#e ti#e alloate

resoures to areas and other regions, whih do not bene%it %ro# the M)& ser(ie/

Tingnan po natin kung ano ang kinahantungan ng pag-ipit sa pagtataas ng pasahe sa LRT at

MRT. Ang tinatayang gastos sa bawat biyahe ng pasaheo ng LRT! "# piso. Ang bayad ngpasaheo! $% piso. &big sabihin! sagot ng pamaha'aan ang natitiang % piso. a MRT po! *#

piso ang totoong gastos+ $% piso sa pasaheo! "% piso sa gobyeno,sa hu'i! bawat i'ipino!

abunado. Nasa Mindanao ka o isayas ka man! na ni minsan ay hindi nakatuntong sa LRT o

MRT! kasama ka sa pumapasan nito.

Ang masak'ap pa nga po+ Dahi' ipinamigay na ng nakaaang mga pinuno ang /omme/ia'

de0e'opment ights natin dito! bawat pisong maaaing maka'ap mu'a sa mga poste at bi''boad

na nakapaski' sa stasyon o sa ten man! napupunta sa pibadong kumpanya kaysa sa gobyeno.

Ang puwede sanang pagkunan ng pantustos sa maintenan/e at opeasyon! nawa'a pa.

iguo naman po! makatuwiang i'apit man 'ang natin sa ibinabayad sa ai/on bus ang pasahe

ng LRT at MRT! upang maituon ang subsidiya sa iba pang sebisyong pan'ipunan.1

-esident 2enigno . A3uino &&&! 4NA #$5
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On the various rehabilitation projects or the MRT and lessening government

subsidy

Secretar7 Lacierda: 9We are i#pro(ing the ser(ieX Last year ang M)& rehab budget was

P/ [billion\/ &his year, it was P/8 [billion\/ 4ust to gi(e youX a nu#ber o% rehabilitation

i#pro(e#ents that we are doing %or M)&X We are a=uiring 9@ new train ars or light rail

(ehiles *L)s/ We are upgrading the signaling syste#/ Iyong train general o(erhaulinggagawin din natin yanX this will in(ol(e the repair o% 8 L)s/ Pagkatapos iyong sinasabing

o(erhauling o% tration, iyong papalitan yung #ga train engine #otors/ Maliban doon papalitan

din natin yung supply and deli(ery o% rails/ Ang gagawin natin, we are going to replae the 833

piees o% old rail traks/

X We are not saying we are taking out the entire subsidy/ Let #e be lear with that/ 5ro# P

billion, we are lessening that subsidy to P3 billion/ "o o% those P billion that we an sa(e, we

are going to alloate the resoures outside o% [Metro Manila\in other areas like isayas and

Mindanao/

X We are looking at the bigger piture/ As go(ern#ent, #ay responsibility tayo outside Metro

ManilaX Iyon po ang naging reason kung bakit niliit natin ang subsidy ngayon at para ga#itin

sa ibang rehiyon ng ating bansa/;

On the ne MRT rate

Secretar7 Lacierda: :Iyong M)& new rate natin is P@? ang regular bus P.? ang bus na airon

P.OX "a yung 5V na 5V P93/ Ang itinaas lang ng ating M)& is P@/ Now, yung P@

yung buong leg nung buong train, %ro# orner to ornerX ung sasakay ka sa Bueon A(e at

bababa ka sa dalawang station lang, hindi na#an buong P@ ang babayaran #o/

:i% you o#pare it with the other #odes o% transportation, it is still lowerX [than taking\ the bus,airon or regular/;

On clariying the rumor that the DOTC needs to ta!e out loans or MRT

rehabilitation projects

Secretar7 Lacierda: :&inanong ko kayX [&ransportation\ "eretary 4un Abaya, wala siyang

sinabing ganoonX "inabi niyaD :I didn't say that/ Not sure where it a#e %ro#/;;

On the government"s commitment to improve and rehabilitate the MRT

Secretar7 Lacierda: 9X the M)& riding passengers, #ay perhaps be unhappy with [the %are

inrease\/ !ut we an assure the M)& riding passengers that rehabilitation is %ortho#ing?

rehabilitation has been planned this year/ We're going to i#pro(e the ser(ies o% the M)&/

As to the rest o% the ountry, what we are able to get %ro# the subsidy originally taken %ro# M)&

would be used now %or the de(elop#ent o% the other regions, %or the de(elop#ent o% new

pro2ets that are worthwhile to the rest o% the ountry and to all 5ilipinos, #aybe perhaps also in

Metro ManilaX this is not a popular deision inso%ar as the M)& riding passengers are

onerned, but we are doing this beause this is the right thing to do/;


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:We ha(e to rehabilitate the entire syste#/ &hat's why there's a ti#eline that is pro(ided %or all

the rehab that's going to [be done\/ We're going to do it this year/ We're gonna start it/ "o#e o%

the# will happen, will be %inished net year/ !ut the o##it#ent o% this ad#inistration is we're

going to i#pro(e the ser(ie o% the M)&/

It's the sa#e thing that [we\ did with roads when we started with this ad#inistration/ It's thesa#e thing we did with re%or#ing the proure#ent proess/ We'(e handled all the onerns and

we ha(e the will to do, %inish and doQdo and %inish what we're set out to do/

Ito pong sa M)& is no di%%erent/ It's a onern %or M)& riding passengers? it's a onern that

there are onerns with the ser(ie that's being rendered/ !ut we're gonna i#pro(e that ser(ie/

We're gonna do it by physially i#pro(ing and reno(ating the M)& line and that's a

o##it#ent %ro# us/;


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MANILA, Philippines - Law#akers welo#ed the proposed 7ouse o##ittee in(estigation onthe %are hike in the Light )ail &ransit *L)& and Metro )ail &ransit *M)&/

!ayan Muna )eps/ Neri Col#enares and Isagani 0arate %iled 7ouse )esolution whih seeks

to probe the proposed %are hikes/

Col#enares said the argu#ent that people in isayas and Mindanao are subsidiing publi %undsthrough the L)& and M)& is a short sighted tati o% Palae poliy#akers/

7e added that isayas and Mindanao residents are open to using the Mala#paya %unds %or the

presidentTs e#ergeny powers and the Interruptible Load Progra# e(en i% it will be only used in

Luon/

:I 2ust hope that Chair#an Cesar "ar#iento, being an o%%iial o% the Liberal Party would nota%%et his analysis and 2udg#ent o% the M)&EL)& %are hike issue/ I also hope that the hearing

would not 2ust be used by ad#inistration allies as a (enue to 2usti%y the %are hike,; Col#enaressaid in a state#ent/

Col#enares earlier ritiied the $epart#ent o% &ransportation and Co##uniation %or itsSde(iousnessS in i#posing %are hikes/



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REA#:Law#aker sla#s $1&C %or L)&, M)& %are hike

1n the other hand, Isabela )ep/ )odol%o Albano III denouned the %are inrease/

S&his is ironi and totally out o% whak, the $1&C annot e(en #ake the M)& and L)& run

e%%iiently and sa%ely/ Muh #ore it is #ired gra%t and orruption issues and harges worthbillions o% pesos hounding the $1&C o(er the M)&,; Albano said in a tele(ision inter(iew/

Albano, a #e#ber o% the the Minority !lo o% the 7ouse Co##ittee on &ransportation, said that

thne go(ern#ent does not ha(e 2usti%iable reasons to inrease the %are in the train syste#s/

SHet %ro# out o% nowhere, like despots and #odern-day bureaurati bullies to PresidentA=uinoTs a(owed bosses,' they slap totally unonsionable, arbitrary, un2usti%iable rate inreases

to all hapless and helpless M)&-L)& o##uters,S Albano added/

&he proposed %are inrease %or the L)& and M)& is sheduled to take e%%et on 4an/ 9, 38/

A o##utersT group alled %or the resignation o% $1&C "eretary 4oseph 6#ilio Abaya %or his

pronoune#ents on the L)& and M)& %are hike/
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