Consumers’ Alliance Against MRT, LRT Fare Hike Formed
Published on September 2, 2010
MANILA — “We’re in a crisis at present; I pray that the government would not increase train fares. We have to be able to recover from the crisis first,” said Aida Florendo, 48, widow of a soldier from the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Aida was among the Metro Rail Transit commuters who stopped for a while to sign her name to a petition against the proposed hikes in train fares. Aida is not a resident of Metro Manila, she hails from Cotabato. But she still urges the government not to implement fare hikes in MRT as the people are already very burdened with high prices.
“Wages have not been increased,” a 20-year old office employee, Ramil Portugal, said. “That’s why we hope the fares in MRT would not be increased,” he said after signing his name to the petition.
As the month of August came to a close and with it, the self-imposed deadline of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) to complete its study on rates adjustment, the riding public increased its efforts to oppose the looming fare hike by forming an alliance on the first day of September.
Ramil Portugal, MRT Commuter, signed the petition against MRT fare hike. (Photo by Marya Salamat / bulatlat.com)
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://www.bulatlat.com/main/2010/09/02/consumers-alliance-against-mrt-lrt-fare-hike-formed/
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