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                    [ArticleID] => 1543105
                    [Title] => DOTC allots P51 M for ‘other works’ in MRT deal with Busan
                    [Summary] => 

More than P51.759 million was allotted by the Department of Transportation and Communications for “additional maintenance works” of the South Korean-Filipino joint venture that bagged the Metro Rail Transit’s P3.8-billion contract.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-15 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1703116 [AuthorName] => Robertzon Ramirez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1540760 [Title] => MRT, Busan ink 3-year deal; trains bog down anew [Summary] =>

The government has finalized a P3.81-billion three-year contract for the maintenance of Metro Rail Transit 3 with a Filipino-South Korean consortium.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-08 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1475310 [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20160109/mrt-train-2.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508057 [Title] => Abaya granted same 4 deals for MRT-3 signaling system [Summary] =>

He just awarded P53.4 M to upgrade the network, yet secretly is negotiating to replace it all for P900 M. For the same works he already paid P1.8 B to two LP-controlled firms.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-06 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1486733 [Title] => MRT signal system waiting for big crash [Summary] =>

OF THE SEVEN systems needed to make the Metro Rail Transit Line-3 (MRT-3) run safely and efficiently, signaling is probably the most crucial.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-10 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1485927 [Title] => MRT upgrade projects stalled despite allocations [Summary] =>

Hounded by periodic breakdowns, long queues at ticket booths and jampacked trains, Congress allocated P1.2 billion in 2014 and P2.44 billion in 2015 for the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT3)’s capacity expansion and rehabilitation projects, which are allegedly still not being done.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-08 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150809/mrt-3-north-avenue-5.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1485248 [Title] => Special report: Obsolete MRT signal system could lead to fatal train collision [Summary] =>

The possibility that trains may collide due to the poor state of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)’s signaling system, resulting in deaths and injuries among passengers, cannot be discounted, according to a foreign technical expert.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-07 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150808/metro-rail-transit-6.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1335219 [Title] => MRT-3 mess: Maintenance firm blames ‘obsolete’ parts, system [Summary] =>

Reading between the lines of this rejoinder, one confirms that the railway truly is a disaster waiting to happen.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 732518 [Title] => Power problem disrupts MRT-3 operation [Summary] =>

 Operations of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 were suspended Saturday morning after a power failure “collapsed” its “automatic signaling system.”

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-01 13:36:08 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1673868 [AuthorName] => Reinir Padua [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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