firm files petition for P2 fare increase

By Darwin G. Amojelar and Maricel V. Cruz

THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Monday said the management of Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) has re-filed a petition for a fare increase before the agency’s Rail Regulatory Unit.

Transportation Undersecretary Cesar Chavez said no fare adjustment was approved for the MRT-3 for the last eight years.

Earlier, MRT-3’s fare hike petition was deferred due to “infirmities in complying with the requirements and procedure.”

MRT 3 filed for an additional P2.29 boarding fare and P0.21 distance fare per kilometer to finance its operating expenses.

Senate to push for P100 wage hike thru law

By Macon Ramos-Araneta

SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday said they will lower the P150 legislated wage hike earlier approved at the Senate committee level and instead push for a P100 across-theboard increase.

“We already approved the P150 wage hike increase on the committee level under Senator Jinggoy Estrada, being the chairperson of the Committee on Labor,” said Zubiri in a television interview.

The proposed P100 legislated wage increase, Zubiri said, would be on top of the P40 wage hike in the National Capital Region approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB).

“So what we could do is we could amend it