Groups to question rail fare increase at SC

SEVERAL groups opposed to the planned fare increase at the Light Rail Transit (LRT)  and Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT3) will troop to the Supreme Court (SC) on January 5 to file a petition for certiorari in a bid to stop the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) from implementing the fare adjustment.

To be led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), multisectoral and professional organizations RILES Network, TREN, government employees, health workers, students and labor groups will assert that the train lines are public utilities that are subject to regulation.