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February 22, 2012
Free WiFi at NAIA courtesy of Globe

MANILA, Philippines (Feb 22, 2012) - Globe Telecom partners with the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) in deploying free wireless fidelity (WiFi) access for passengers in four domestic and international airports using broadband brand Globe Tattoo, the certified the No.1 broadband brand in the Philippines..

The free WiFi will allow passengers to work online, check email or travel itineraries, and surf the Internet while waiting for their flights.

MANILA, Philippines (Feb 22, 2012) - Globe Telecom partners with the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) in deploying free wireless fidelity (WiFi) access for passengers in four domestic and international airports using broadband brand Globe Tattoo, the certified the No.1 broadband brand in the Philippines..

The free WiFi will allow passengers to work online, check email or travel itineraries, and surf the Internet while waiting for their flights.

June 24, 2011
Bicol Express completes final test run

MANILA, Philippines (June 24, 2011) – Bicol Express has completed its final test run this morning when a 6-coach assembly carrying a 157-member contingent arrived at the Tutuban station at 8:45 A.M. from its overnight return trip from Naga City.

MANILA, Philippines (June 24, 2011) – Bicol Express has completed its final test run this morning when a 6-coach assembly carrying a 157-member contingent arrived at the Tutuban station at 8:45 A.M. from its overnight return trip from Naga City.

June 17, 2011
Bicol Express: 1 more test run before regular trips

Naga City (June 17 2011) - Leaving nothing to chance on matters of safe and reliable travel, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) shall do a final test run of the Bicol Express on June 22, one week before the start of its regular runs.

Naga City (June 17 2011) - Leaving nothing to chances on matters of safe and reliable travel, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) shall do a final test run of the Bicol Express on June 22, one week before the start of its regular runs.

The test train that rolls in several air-conditioned and sleeper coaches shall travel at night from from Manila to Naga City to simulate the usual travel environment and schedules.

The Bicol Express did 2 previous test runs last year and 1 back in May.

May 10, 2011
Train Fares to Increase Too

Naga City  (May 6, 2011) – Trains, the most cost-effective of all means of land transportation,  will not be spared from the ill effects of continued oil price increases as the Philippine National Railways (PNR)  imposes fare hike in the middle of May this year.

Naga City  (May 6, 2011) – Trains, the most cost-effective of all means of land transportation,  will not be spared from the ill effects of continued oil price increases as the Philippine National Railways (PNR)  imposes fare hike in the middle of May this year.

Engineer Contancio Toledano, the Division Chief for Operation of the PNR, confirms that the PNR Management shall impose minimal fare increase, yet to be finalized,  because the present 0.80 peso per kilometer rate is no longer sustainable.

January 3, 2011
PCG Deploys Response Teams to Help Flood-affected Families

MANILA, Dec. 31 2010-- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed response teams to help families affected by massive flooding spawned by heavy rains in the Bikol region.

MANILA, Dec. 31 2010-- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed response teams to help families affected by massive flooding spawned by heavy rains in the Bikol region.

In a report to Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo, PCG commandant, the Coast Guard District Bicol said it dispatched two teams of deployable response group (DRG) personnel with rubber boats and flood rescue equipment to help affected residents in the flooded areas of Barangay 17, Penaranda, Legazpi City.

December 14, 2010
Movies and Trains

EVERY NOW AND THEN, I would hear murmurs of queries on when train services to Bicol will resume. Most of these queries morph into desires and nostalgia to see the classic iron horse back clanging and honking along the tracks of our region.

EVERY NOW AND THEN, I would hear murmurs of queries on when train services to Bicol will resume. Most of these queries morph into desires and nostalgia to see the classic iron horse back clanging and honking along the tracks of our region. For now, as said in one of my poems, “the train station is quiet,” literally quiet—no personnel, no passengers, no vendors, no trains, only remnants of the rich past, memories of trains chugging to a complete halt at the station where throngs of passengers were caught in the noisy, liminal stupor of waiting and saying goodbyes.

October 24, 2010
Salceda Hits SC Ruling on SLEX Fee Hike

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines - Oct. 22 - Albay Governor Joey Salceda on Friday expressed dismay over the Supreme Court (SC) ruling allowing the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) to hike their toll way fees.

"I feel so helpless - saan na tatakbo ang ordinaryong probinsiyano for protection?" he remarked.

According to the governor, the ruling has long-term adverse economic impacts on the welfare of the province's small viajeros who depend on Divisoria trade, or the fish dealers that rely on Navotas, and the ordinary motorists that include students studying in Metro Manila or families visiting their relatives.

Salceda said the Supreme Court has allowed three toll roads to impose an increase in their rates.