{"id":265007,"date":"2020-08-12T05:31:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265007"},"modified":"2020-08-12T05:31:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:31:16","slug":"dotr-asks-rail-lines-to-hire-retrenched-lrt-1-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/12\/dotr-asks-rail-lines-to-hire-retrenched-lrt-1-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTr asks rail lines to hire retrenched LRT-1 workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_211304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211304\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-211304\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n-20x15.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-211304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To ensure the health of its workers and prevent transmission of Covid-19, he asked the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) \u2014 the operator and maintenance provider of the LRT-1 \u2014 to subject all their personnel to testing for Covid-19. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialLRT1\/photos\/a.378038805869896\/744087095931730\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo: Light Rail Manila Corporation\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade on Wednesday asked the three rail services to hire the employees of Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) who are about to be laid off after a drop in ridership due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Tugade instructed the Philippine National Railways (PNR), the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) \u2014 both government-run institutions \u2014 and the Light Rail Transit Authority, the operator and maintenance provider of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2), to immediately absorb qualified personnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must look into the possibility of absorbing them as quickly as we can. Huwag natin silang pabayaan (Let&#8217;s not leave them behind). It\u2019s the least and most humane thing we can do for them at this time,\u201d Tugade said.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure the health of its workers and prevent transmission of Covid-19, he asked the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) \u2014 the operator and maintenance provider of the LRT-1 \u2014 to subject all their personnel to testing for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should swab all their people. Cost is not the primary issue here. We can discuss who absorbs the cost at some later time. What matters most is the health and safety of commuters and their employees,\u201d Tugade said.<\/p>\n<p>He also tasked PNR General Manager Junn Magno and DOTr Assistant Secretary Fidel Cruz to review LRMC&#8217;s Covid-19 health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the LRMC announced that it would lay off over a hundred, or 20 percent of its workforce due to a 90 percent drop in ridership of the LRT-1 due to the coronavirus. It said the retrenchment will take effect on Saturday (August 15).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade on Wednesday asked the three rail services to hire the employees of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":211304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265009,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265007\/revisions\/265009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}