Intramuros has embraced eco-friendly transportation options, transforming sustainability into a seamless and enriching visitor experience in Manila’s historic Walled City. Enhanced bike lanes and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure ensure seamless exploration, blending convenience with environmental consciousness for locals and tourists alike. These improvements and the fully pedestrianized General Luna Street aim to provide safer movement and better […]
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Discover the new LRT-1 train upgrading Philippine public transport
Filipinos can now travel through Metro Manila with the new and improved Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) aboard the Light Railway Transit Line 1 (LRT-1), a project that seeks to reduce the usage of private vehicles on the road and correspondingly limit air pollution.
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Philippine airports start using Traze contact tracing app
Four Philippine airports have begun using the Traze contact tracing app on Wednesday to reduce human-to-human transactions and speed up transaction processes, as part of the ‘new normal.’
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New railway trains start servicing Metro Manila as public transport resumes under GCQ
Six new railway trains have started plying routes in and around Metro Manila as the National Capital Region shifted to General Community Quarantine (GCQ).
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Health workers can now catch free rides to hospitals using Google Maps
Finding the best Free Ride routes for frontline health workers to quickly get to their respective medical facilities or hospitals is now made easier with the use of Google Maps.
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Free train rides on Tutuban-Alabang route starts today to test new trainsets
Commuters on the Tutuban-Alabang route are being treated to free rides as the new Philippine National Railways (PNR) trains are deployed beginning today.
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Bicol Express Train Route resumes, new trains cut travel time by 80%
Travelers from Bicol and surrounding provinces can look forward to cutting their travel time by as much as 80 percent when the Bicol Express Train Route resumes operations with all new trains.
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Baguio City gears up for 1st PHL cable car system to ease traffic problem
Looks like Its Going to be More Fun in Baguio as the top travel destination gears up to be the first city to put up a cable car system in the Philippines.
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LOOK: Bicol’s most scenic gateway to Mayon Volcano opens in Albay this July 2020
The most scenic gateway to world-famous Mayon Volcano is set to open in July, 2020, as Bicol International Airport rises in Daraga, Albay.
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Good News Pilipinas! TV Express: APBR App Upgrades to Assist Filipino air passengers
Air passengers can now file complaints and request assistance faster with the newly upgraded Air Passengers Bill of Rights (APBR) mobile application from the Department of Transportation and Civil Aeronautics Board. The APBR was first launched in October 2018 as a commitment to address air passengers needs for the: Right To Be Provided With Accurate […]
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Mactan Cebu International Airport named 2018 Asia-Pac Medium Airport of the Year
Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) bagged the Asia Pacific Medium Airport of the Year award by the Centre for Aviation (CAPA) Awards for Excellence ceremonies held in Berlin in late November. Mactan Cebu Airport was cited as a “medium sized airport that has been the biggest standout strategically, has established itself as a leader and […]
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Why school buses have to use lead-safe yellow paints?
As the Philippines marks school opening this June, operators of school buses are urged to use safe automotive paints for vehicles that transport children.
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