{"id":42927,"date":"2015-02-20T01:37:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T17:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42927"},"modified":"2015-02-20T01:37:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T17:37:45","slug":"palace-assures-mrt-will-not-compromise-safety-of-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/20\/palace-assures-mrt-will-not-compromise-safety-of-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace assures MRT will not compromise safety of passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Passengers<\/a>
Passengers desperate to catch a ride. (Photo courtesy of PhotoBucket owner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0 \u2013 Malacanang assured on Wednesday that the management of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) as well as the Light Rail Transit (LRT) will not compromise the safety of the passengers amid minor glitches encountered by an MRT train last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201dEvery time the MRT and LRT management will have maintenance and repair issue, their first priority is the safety of the people. Their safety will not be compromised,\u201d Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a media briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe safety of the passengers or the commuters is the primary consideration every time there is operational issue or problem,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Despite the glitches, Coloma said the MRT has still 12 trains serving the 27-kilometer elevated railway along EDSA.<\/p>\n

He said the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has laid down programs to improve the services of the MRT including the acquisition of new trains that are expected to arrive in September.<\/p>\n

\u201dIn the meantime, the other aspects of the system are being addressed like the rail, upgrading of power system, setting up of fair collection system, and installation of more convenient facilities for the commuters in every stations,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n

Coloma assured the DOTC is following all the government procurement laws in every transaction.<\/p>\n

\u201dAlthough there some inconveniences and disruption, we never sacrifice the safety of the people who use the service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0 \u2013 Malacanang assured on Wednesday that the management of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) as well as the Light …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":23996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-jelly-f-musico","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42927","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}