The government plans to deliver by yearend substantial right-of-way to Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) subsidiary MPCALA Holdings Inc. for the Cavite segment of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), as the first three sections of the expressway’s Laguna portion is poised to open by the end of the month.
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said the target is to bring right-of-way delivery to 70 percent by the end of the year for the Cavite segment of CALAX from the current 40 percent.
“Acquisition of right-of-way is ongoing. At this point, the Cavite portion is 40 percent. Laguna is complete already. That is workable. We have permit to enter. Not necessarily we have the possession, but we have permit to enter,” Villar said.
MPTC earlier said the ideal level of right-of-way delivery to commence actual heightened work of a project is at 70 percent.
CALAX is designed to be a four-lane, 45.3-kilometer tolled expressway that will connect Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) in Kawit to South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) at the Mamplasan Interchange in Binan Laguna.
The project will have interchanges in eight locations, namely: Kawit, Daang Hari, Governor’s Drive, Aguinaldo Highway, Silang, Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay, Laguna Blvd., Technopark, and a Toll Barrier before SLEX.
The project’s Cavite segment spans 27.2 kms, while the Laguna portion covers 18.1 kms.
Villar said the target is to open the first 10 kms of the Laguna segment by the end of the month.
The first sections start at the Mamplasan Barrier and passes through Laguna Technopark Interchange, Laguna Boulevard Interchange all the way to Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Interchange.
“This first three sections, from Mamplasan to Sta. Rosa, when opened will spur growth in trade and tourism in Laguna and Cavite. Approximately 10,000 cars are expected to use these sections. The opening of these sections should ease traffic along Governor’s Drive, Aguinaldo Highway, and Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road,” Villar said.
Meanwhile, completion of the full 45-km CALAX is expected by the second quarter of 2022.
Once fully completed, Villar said travel time from Laguna and Cavite will be cut by more than half from the usual two hours to less than one hour.
“We are working with the Department of Public Works and Highways to complete the full 45 kilometers by the second quarter of 2022. CALAX is designed to be a four-lane, tolled expressway that will connect CAVITEX in Kawit to SLEX at their Mamplasan Interchange in Binan, Laguna,” MPCALA president Bobby Bontia said.
“It will also showcase technologically advance features such as Automatic License Plate Recognition System enabling barrier-less entry to CALAX, IP Based Speed Detection Cameras strategically installed, and High Definition CCTV cameras to cover the entire stretch of the expressway to ensure safe and efficient travel by the motorists,” he said.
Last January, MPCALA signed a P24.2 billion loan from a consortium of local banks for the funding requirements for the construction of the CALAX project.
Aside from CALAX, MPTC’s domestic portfolio includes the concessions of North Luzon Expressway, the Subic-Clark Tarlac Expressway, CAVITEX, the NLEX Connector Road, and the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway in Cebu.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/10/09/1958599/calax-right-way-delivered-yearend
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Right-of-way for LRT-1 Cavite Extension project almost finish
By Raymond Carl Dela Cruz
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) announced on Tuesday the delivery of right-of-way for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension is almost complete and partial operability of the project by end of 2021 is on track.
In a statement, the company said one pipe from Maynilad, telecommunications (telco) and cable facilities of six companies, and 18 lots of three landowners remain before the acquisition of the right-of-way of the project is at 100 percent.
According to Maynilad, its 1,100-mm. pipe will be relocated once the Cavite Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) issues a permit—which the CIC promised to deliver before November 1.
Since Maynilad, the CIC, and the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC)—the build-operate-maintain project contractor of the LRT-1 Cavite Extension—are all subsidiaries of Manny Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), the LRTA is confident no delays would arise from the relocation of the pipeline.
Meanwhile, representatives of Cable Link, Eastern Telecoms, Globe Telecom, PLDT, Radius Telecoms, and Sky Cable committed to relocate or cut their remaining telco and cable facilities within October.
“Whatever remaining utilities may already be cut to give way to LRMC’s constructions works, especially the movement of its rigs,” the LRTA said.
Other obstructions such as plant boxes, lamp posts, traffic signals, and closed-circuit television cameras will also be removed soon with the help of Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez in the clearing works, the LRTA said.
The LRTA also said permits allowing the start of civil works within the 18 remaining lots will be issued within October by their three landowners: Philippine Reclamation Authority for 16 lots, Puregold and D.M. Wenceslao for one lot each.
“With the cooperation of all the above stakeholders, the 19-years delayed LRT-1 Cavite Extension Project, which is expected to service up to 800,000 per day, is finally on track to partial operations by the end of 2021,” the LRTA said.
On Sept. 1, the LRMC started the excavation, drilling, and piling works of the LRT-1 Cavite Extension and on Sept. 18 started substructure concreting works.
Last May, Pangilinan ordered the partial operability of the Cavite extension “a full year before 2022” which will cover the first seven kilometers and five stations of the project.
Once completed, the PHP64.9 billion project will extend the LRT-1 from the existing Baclaran station southward to the future Niyog station in Bacoor, Cavite—about 11.7 kilometers in length with eight additional stations.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1082596
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) announced on Tuesday the delivery of right-of-way for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension is almost complete and partial operability of the project by end of 2021 is on track.
In a statement, the company said one pipe from Maynilad, telecommunications (telco) and cable facilities of six companies, and 18 lots of three landowners remain before the acquisition of the right-of-way of the project is at 100 percent.
According to Maynilad, its 1,100-mm. pipe will be relocated once the Cavite Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) issues a permit—which the CIC promised to deliver before November 1.
Since Maynilad, the CIC, and the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC)—the build-operate-maintain project contractor of the LRT-1 Cavite Extension—are all subsidiaries of Manny Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), the LRTA is confident no delays would arise from the relocation of the pipeline.
Meanwhile, representatives of Cable Link, Eastern Telecoms, Globe Telecom, PLDT, Radius Telecoms, and Sky Cable committed to relocate or cut their remaining telco and cable facilities within October.
“Whatever remaining utilities may already be cut to give way to LRMC’s constructions works, especially the movement of its rigs,” the LRTA said.
Other obstructions such as plant boxes, lamp posts, traffic signals, and closed-circuit television cameras will also be removed soon with the help of Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez in the clearing works, the LRTA said.
The LRTA also said permits allowing the start of civil works within the 18 remaining lots will be issued within October by their three landowners: Philippine Reclamation Authority for 16 lots, Puregold and D.M. Wenceslao for one lot each.
“With the cooperation of all the above stakeholders, the 19-years delayed LRT-1 Cavite Extension Project, which is expected to service up to 800,000 per day, is finally on track to partial operations by the end of 2021,” the LRTA said.
On Sept. 1, the LRMC started the excavation, drilling, and piling works of the LRT-1 Cavite Extension and on Sept. 18 started substructure concreting works.
Last May, Pangilinan ordered the partial operability of the Cavite extension “a full year before 2022” which will cover the first seven kilometers and five stations of the project.
Once completed, the PHP64.9 billion project will extend the LRT-1 from the existing Baclaran station southward to the future Niyog station in Bacoor, Cavite—about 11.7 kilometers in length with eight additional stations.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1082596
DOTr: Right-of-way acquisition for LRT-1 Cavite extension nearly complete
(Updated 4:58 p.m.) — The Department of Transportation on Tuesday said that it was nearing full acquisition of right-of-way for the long-delayed LRT-1 Cavite extension project.
Right-of-way refers to a transportation system's right to construct and later operate a railroad line, road, or utility on land belonging to other entities.
DOTr said that the remaining obstructions left before securing 100% right-of-way approval included one Maynilad pipe, telco and cable facilities of six companies, various other ancillary facilities, and 18 lots owned by three separate owners.
Relocation of the Maynilad Water Services pipe now only requires a permit from Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway operator Cavite Infrastructure Corp. (CIC), which has committed to issue one before November 1.
DOTr said it is optimistic that the two remaining companies would be cooperative and not delay the project further as both subsidiaries of Manny V. Pangilinan's Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
At the project's start of works ceremony in May, Pangilinan was quoted as saying, “we should be partially open by a full year before 2022."
"So Ping, those are your marching orders," he said, addressing the president and CEO of the Light Rail Manila Corp.
Light Rail Manila Corp. is a joint venture of MPIC's Metro Pacific Light Rail Corporation, Ayala Corp.'s AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation, and Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings (Philippines) PTE Ltd.
Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez has also provided support by clearing obstructions in the area, which included "obstructing ancillary facilities, such as plant boxes, lamp posts, traffic signals, and CCTVs."
Concerns regarding the country's mass transportation options ballooned when electric and technical glitches on October 2 caused the MRT-3 and LRT-2 operations to halt resulting in some 500 passengers being offloaded.
The succeeding day, the LRT-2's power rectifier in between the Katipunan and Anonas stations caught fire, effectively paralyzing both stations and the Santolan Station.
Transport groups held a nationwide transport strike on September to protest the PUV modernization program which looks to phase out all jeeps that are at least 15 years old and replace them with Euro 4-compliant vehicles running on renewable energy. Each PUV unit's cost, however, ranges from P1 million to P2.2 million.
In closing, the department also said that partial operations for the Cavite extension were being expected for the end of 2021.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/10/08/1958476/dotr-right-way-acquisition-lrt-1-cavite-extension-nearly-complete
Right-of-way refers to a transportation system's right to construct and later operate a railroad line, road, or utility on land belonging to other entities.
DOTr said that the remaining obstructions left before securing 100% right-of-way approval included one Maynilad pipe, telco and cable facilities of six companies, various other ancillary facilities, and 18 lots owned by three separate owners.
Relocation of the Maynilad Water Services pipe now only requires a permit from Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway operator Cavite Infrastructure Corp. (CIC), which has committed to issue one before November 1.
DOTr said it is optimistic that the two remaining companies would be cooperative and not delay the project further as both subsidiaries of Manny V. Pangilinan's Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
At the project's start of works ceremony in May, Pangilinan was quoted as saying, “we should be partially open by a full year before 2022."
"So Ping, those are your marching orders," he said, addressing the president and CEO of the Light Rail Manila Corp.
Light Rail Manila Corp. is a joint venture of MPIC's Metro Pacific Light Rail Corporation, Ayala Corp.'s AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation, and Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings (Philippines) PTE Ltd.
Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez has also provided support by clearing obstructions in the area, which included "obstructing ancillary facilities, such as plant boxes, lamp posts, traffic signals, and CCTVs."
Concerns regarding the country's mass transportation options ballooned when electric and technical glitches on October 2 caused the MRT-3 and LRT-2 operations to halt resulting in some 500 passengers being offloaded.
The succeeding day, the LRT-2's power rectifier in between the Katipunan and Anonas stations caught fire, effectively paralyzing both stations and the Santolan Station.
Transport groups held a nationwide transport strike on September to protest the PUV modernization program which looks to phase out all jeeps that are at least 15 years old and replace them with Euro 4-compliant vehicles running on renewable energy. Each PUV unit's cost, however, ranges from P1 million to P2.2 million.
In closing, the department also said that partial operations for the Cavite extension were being expected for the end of 2021.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/10/08/1958476/dotr-right-way-acquisition-lrt-1-cavite-extension-nearly-complete
Monday, October 7, 2019
ADB to lend $2.6B for PH rail project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is scheduled to green-light its second-biggest loan ever to its host-country the Philippines next year, this time for the massive railway project that will run between Manila and Laguna.
On the sidelines of last week’s Urban Transport for Livable Cities Forum 2019, ADB principal transport specialist for Southeast Asia Markus Roesner told the Inquirer that the Manila-based multilateral lender’s board was expected to approve a $2.61-billion loan for the 54.6-kilometer (km) South Commuter Railway Project by the third quarter of 2020.
This year, the ADB approved its largest loan to the Philippines—$2.75 billion for the 51.2-km Malolos-Clark Railway Project and the 1.9-km Blumentritt Extension of Light Rail Transit (LRT) 1.
Just like the Malolos-Clark Railway, the South Commuter Railway between Tutuban in Manila and Calamba, Laguna, will be co-financed by the ADB and the Japanese government’s aid arm Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), Roesner said.
ADB will again finance civil works while Jica will take charge of procuring rolling stock and a railway system as well as provide consulting services, Roesner added.
Last January, Jica already signed with the Philippine government a 167.2-billion yen official development assistance (ODA) loan for the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension Project, which expanded the scope of the ongoing NSCR Phase 1 between Manila and Malolos, Bulacan, to Clark International Airport up north and Calamba down south.
Even as the ADB loan to fund the South Commuter Railway will be made available next year, advance procurement will start late this year, according to Roesner.
According to the state planning agency National Economic and Development Authority, the P344.6-billion Philippine National Railways South Commuter Line will involve construction of an electrified, double-track, standard-gauge, elevated rail system, which will start operations in 2023.
https://business.inquirer.net/280522/adb-to-lend-2-6b-for-ph-rail-project
On the sidelines of last week’s Urban Transport for Livable Cities Forum 2019, ADB principal transport specialist for Southeast Asia Markus Roesner told the Inquirer that the Manila-based multilateral lender’s board was expected to approve a $2.61-billion loan for the 54.6-kilometer (km) South Commuter Railway Project by the third quarter of 2020.
This year, the ADB approved its largest loan to the Philippines—$2.75 billion for the 51.2-km Malolos-Clark Railway Project and the 1.9-km Blumentritt Extension of Light Rail Transit (LRT) 1.
Just like the Malolos-Clark Railway, the South Commuter Railway between Tutuban in Manila and Calamba, Laguna, will be co-financed by the ADB and the Japanese government’s aid arm Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), Roesner said.
ADB will again finance civil works while Jica will take charge of procuring rolling stock and a railway system as well as provide consulting services, Roesner added.
Last January, Jica already signed with the Philippine government a 167.2-billion yen official development assistance (ODA) loan for the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension Project, which expanded the scope of the ongoing NSCR Phase 1 between Manila and Malolos, Bulacan, to Clark International Airport up north and Calamba down south.
Even as the ADB loan to fund the South Commuter Railway will be made available next year, advance procurement will start late this year, according to Roesner.
According to the state planning agency National Economic and Development Authority, the P344.6-billion Philippine National Railways South Commuter Line will involve construction of an electrified, double-track, standard-gauge, elevated rail system, which will start operations in 2023.
https://business.inquirer.net/280522/adb-to-lend-2-6b-for-ph-rail-project
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Metro Manila landline numbers migrate to 8-digits from 7 on Oct. 6
Telecommunication providers and other business establishments have reiterated the migration to 8-digit landline numbers from 7 digits effective Oct. 6, in compliance with the directive of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
Under NTC Memorandum Order No. 10-10-2017, each telco was given an "identifier" as an additional prefix to add to existing phone numbers with the area code (02).
The change was imposed to cater to the growing number of landline users in the area, providers Globe Telecom and PLDT, Inc. have said.
Globe landline customers with area code (02) will have to add number "7" to their existing number starting Oct. 6. Its subsidiary Bayan Telecommunications was assigned the number "3" as its identifier.
SAMPLE FORMAT FOR GLOBE/DUO:
New format (02) 7210-XXXX from (02) 210-XXXX
SAMPLE FORMAT FOR BAYAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
New format (02) 3220-XXXX from (02) 220-XXXX
Number "8", meanwhile, was assigned to PLDT Inc. All landline numbers with area code (02) under PLDT Inc will have to add the number "8" before the existing 7-digit numbers, the telco announced on its Facebook page.
SAMPLE FORMAT FOR PLDT:
(02) 8535889
After the migration, 7-digit phone numbers will no longer be reachable, PLDT Inc said.
During the migration period, consumers may experience a 5-hour downtime from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. on Oct. 6, the telephone companies said.
Banks and other businesses have also announced the migration of their hotline numbers to 8 digits, following the identifier assigned to their respective telco service providers.
Updated hotline numbers of major banks:
Meanwhile, the Directories Philippines Corporation (DPC) on upcoming telephone directories for next year, such as:
PLDT Metro Manila
Residential subscribers will receive:
Commercial subscribers will receive:
BAYANTEL NCR
4 column book
Issue date: July 2020
Coverage: Kalookan, Quezon City, Manila, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela
GLOBE NCR
4 column book
Issue date: September 2020
Coverage: Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Pasig, Marikina
GLOBE LUZON
4 column book
Issue date: November 2020
Coverage: Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Palawan
Under NTC Memorandum Order No. 10-10-2017, each telco was given an "identifier" as an additional prefix to add to existing phone numbers with the area code (02).
The change was imposed to cater to the growing number of landline users in the area, providers Globe Telecom and PLDT, Inc. have said.
Globe landline customers with area code (02) will have to add number "7" to their existing number starting Oct. 6. Its subsidiary Bayan Telecommunications was assigned the number "3" as its identifier.
SAMPLE FORMAT FOR GLOBE/DUO:
New format (02) 7210-XXXX from (02) 210-XXXX
SAMPLE FORMAT FOR BAYAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
New format (02) 3220-XXXX from (02) 220-XXXX
Number "8", meanwhile, was assigned to PLDT Inc. All landline numbers with area code (02) under PLDT Inc will have to add the number "8" before the existing 7-digit numbers, the telco announced on its Facebook page.
SAMPLE FORMAT FOR PLDT:
(02) 8535889
After the migration, 7-digit phone numbers will no longer be reachable, PLDT Inc said.
During the migration period, consumers may experience a 5-hour downtime from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. on Oct. 6, the telephone companies said.
Banks and other businesses have also announced the migration of their hotline numbers to 8 digits, following the identifier assigned to their respective telco service providers.
Updated hotline numbers of major banks:
- UnionBank: (02) 8-841-8600
- BPI: (02) 889-10000
- BDO: (02) 8631-800
- Security Bank: (02) 888-791-88
- EastWest Bank: (02) 888-1700
PLDT Metro Manila
- 4 column book
- Issue date: June 2020
- Coverage: Manila, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, San Pedro, Taguig, Valenzuela and Pateros
Residential subscribers will receive:
- White Page Listing
- Residential Listings
- Government & Business Listings
- Yellow Page Listing
- Household & Business
Commercial subscribers will receive:
- White Page Listing
- Government & Business
- Yellow Page Listing
- Household & Business
- Commercial & Industrial
BAYANTEL NCR
4 column book
Issue date: July 2020
Coverage: Kalookan, Quezon City, Manila, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela
GLOBE NCR
4 column book
Issue date: September 2020
Coverage: Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Pasig, Marikina
GLOBE LUZON
4 column book
Issue date: November 2020
Coverage: Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Palawan
- White Page Listing
- Residential
- Government/Business
- Yellow Pages
The PLDT Metro Manila telephone directory would revert to a original two-volume, four-column fatter format, while the BayanTel and Globe directories bounded in combined volume-bound, while the regional telephone directories reverted to the old format from 1987-88 to 2002-2003 such as the CALABAR/Mindoro/Romblon, Iloilo/Capiz/Guimaras, Negros Occidental/Negros Oriental, Cebu and Davao/Surigao del Sur directories using four-column combined format, while the Ilocos/Abra, Benguet/Mountain Province, Cagayan/Isabela/Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan/La Union, Pampanga/Tarlac/ClarkTel, Bataan/Zambales/SubicTel, Bulacan/Nueva Ecija/Aurora, Quezon/Bicol, Palawan/Marinduque/Masbate, Bohol/Leyte/Southern Leyte/Samar, Zamboanga, Misamis Occidental and Oriental, PhilCom-Cagayan de Oro, Maratel-Iligan and General Santos/Maguindanao/North and South Cotabato/Sarangani/Sultan Kudarat directories using two-column smaller combined format.
In this edition, it would have these innovations: the current look, better format, clearer, sharper-looking full-colored advertisements, separate sections for government, business and residential sections, complete Zip Code of the Philippines and expanded Fax, Email and Website Section, plus various sections which used in the 1993 edition.
The IBC or Inside Back Cover features the Painting.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/04/19/metro-manila-landline-numbers-migrate-to-8-digits-from-7-on-oct-6
In this edition, it would have these innovations: the current look, better format, clearer, sharper-looking full-colored advertisements, separate sections for government, business and residential sections, complete Zip Code of the Philippines and expanded Fax, Email and Website Section, plus various sections which used in the 1993 edition.
The IBC or Inside Back Cover features the Painting.
Migration to 8-digit landline number starts October 6
By Emmie Abadilla
Wireless landline users in the metropolis and some nearby provinces need to dial an extra number when making a call starting Sunday, October 6, 2019.
The current 7-digit phone numbers of PLDT’s wireless landline subscribers in Metro Manila, Rizal, San Pedro, Laguna, as well as those of Globe Telecom and its subsidiaries, and everyone within the 02 area code, will be moved to the 8-digit format, in accordance with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) directive.
The NTC issued Memorandum Order No. 10-10-2017 on October 27, 2017, requiring local telephone companies to do the migration “to address the insufficient number of assignable exchange codes” and cater to the surge of landline customers in major cities.
The commission assigned each telco with a public telecommunications entity (PTE) identifier as an additional prefix to their phone numbers. The assigned PTE identifier for PLDT is 8. However, some PLDT vanity numbers with 5-digit telephone numbers will also be changed. All PLDT vanity numbers and shortened numbers in Metro Manila will be extended to 8-digits.
For Globe and subsidiary Innove, the PTE identifier is 7, while for Bayan, its PTE is 3.
The migration process for subscribers of the country’s telcos starts Sunday morning, from 12:01 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. During this period, affected customers may experience service interruption as telcos update their system to the new format.
The voice services of PLDT Metro Manila subscribers will be affected. These are the direct lines, trunklines, PLDT Landline Plus, Call All, FEX Lines, SIP Trunks, ISDN, and Vanity Numbers, including virtual numbers like short-digit numbers, Toll Free (domestic, international and universal), Premium numbers such as embassy hotline and 1-900 service hotline, #MyNumber.
PLDT HOME customers should expect 5 hours (from 12 midnight to 5 a.m.) downtime, or no dial tone, during the migration period. Provincial and international callers will not be able to reach all Metro Manila lines during the activity.
For important calls during the migration, telcos encourage customers to use other available means of communication.
PLDT said its subscribers and those calling them will have no difficulty adjusting to the number change. All they have to do is add the number ‘8’ at the start of the current 7-digit landline number.
To illustrate, if one’s existing PLDT number is XXX-XXXX, then it will become 8XXX-XXXX.
Callers from the provinces will only need to do the usual national direct dialing procedure which now includes their Metro Manila contact’s 8 digit number: Dial 0 + Area Code (2) + 8 digits landline number.
Those outside the Philippines will have to dial 00 + Country Code (63) + Area Code (2) + 8 digits landline number.
On the other hand, a Globe or Innove customer with existing landline or DUO number of (02) 210-XXXX will have to use (02) 7210-XXXX by October 6. A Bayan customer will have to change his number from (02) 220-XXXX to (02) 3220-XXXX.
The following are the 3-digit prefix for Globe and Innove which will require the assigned PTE identifier “7” at the beginning of the prefix: 210-219, 225, 238-239, 261, 263-266, 349, 358, 368-369, 473, 482, 500-509, 576-577, 585-587, 610-619, 621-625, 717-720, 728-730, 738-739, 744-748, 750-759, 791-799,900-910, 914-919, 933-934, 940, 943-946, 949-950, 954-960, 964, 966, 968, 970-976, 978, 980, 987, 989.
The following are the 3-digit prefix for Bayan which will require the assigned PTE identifier ”3” at the beginning of the prefix: 220-224, 226-228, 262, 377-394, 406-419, 427-428, 430-440, 443-450, 453-456, 466-469, 474, 480-481, 483-499.
The National Complaint Hotline 8888 and emergency special numbers which are less than 7-digits and start with 1 or 9 such as Emergency Hotline 911, MMDA 136, Lifeline Arrows 16911, and Rescue Operations 161, among others, will remain the same.
Originally, NTC set the migration date for March 18, 2019, but the Bankers Association of the Philippines and Credit Card Association of the Philippines petitioned to have it moved to a later schedule.
For three months after the October 6, 2019 migration (until January 6, 2020), customers who incorrectly dial the old 7-digit numbers will hear a special announcement, saying the number has been changed to 8-digits (toll-free). After the special announcement is played, the call will be terminated and customers have to redial using the new 8-digit number.
https://business.mb.com.ph/2019/10/04/migration-to-8-digit-landline-number-starts-october-6/
Wireless landline users in the metropolis and some nearby provinces need to dial an extra number when making a call starting Sunday, October 6, 2019.
The current 7-digit phone numbers of PLDT’s wireless landline subscribers in Metro Manila, Rizal, San Pedro, Laguna, as well as those of Globe Telecom and its subsidiaries, and everyone within the 02 area code, will be moved to the 8-digit format, in accordance with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) directive.
The NTC issued Memorandum Order No. 10-10-2017 on October 27, 2017, requiring local telephone companies to do the migration “to address the insufficient number of assignable exchange codes” and cater to the surge of landline customers in major cities.
The commission assigned each telco with a public telecommunications entity (PTE) identifier as an additional prefix to their phone numbers. The assigned PTE identifier for PLDT is 8. However, some PLDT vanity numbers with 5-digit telephone numbers will also be changed. All PLDT vanity numbers and shortened numbers in Metro Manila will be extended to 8-digits.
For Globe and subsidiary Innove, the PTE identifier is 7, while for Bayan, its PTE is 3.
The migration process for subscribers of the country’s telcos starts Sunday morning, from 12:01 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. During this period, affected customers may experience service interruption as telcos update their system to the new format.
The voice services of PLDT Metro Manila subscribers will be affected. These are the direct lines, trunklines, PLDT Landline Plus, Call All, FEX Lines, SIP Trunks, ISDN, and Vanity Numbers, including virtual numbers like short-digit numbers, Toll Free (domestic, international and universal), Premium numbers such as embassy hotline and 1-900 service hotline, #MyNumber.
PLDT HOME customers should expect 5 hours (from 12 midnight to 5 a.m.) downtime, or no dial tone, during the migration period. Provincial and international callers will not be able to reach all Metro Manila lines during the activity.
For important calls during the migration, telcos encourage customers to use other available means of communication.
PLDT said its subscribers and those calling them will have no difficulty adjusting to the number change. All they have to do is add the number ‘8’ at the start of the current 7-digit landline number.
To illustrate, if one’s existing PLDT number is XXX-XXXX, then it will become 8XXX-XXXX.
Callers from the provinces will only need to do the usual national direct dialing procedure which now includes their Metro Manila contact’s 8 digit number: Dial 0 + Area Code (2) + 8 digits landline number.
Those outside the Philippines will have to dial 00 + Country Code (63) + Area Code (2) + 8 digits landline number.
On the other hand, a Globe or Innove customer with existing landline or DUO number of (02) 210-XXXX will have to use (02) 7210-XXXX by October 6. A Bayan customer will have to change his number from (02) 220-XXXX to (02) 3220-XXXX.
The following are the 3-digit prefix for Globe and Innove which will require the assigned PTE identifier “7” at the beginning of the prefix: 210-219, 225, 238-239, 261, 263-266, 349, 358, 368-369, 473, 482, 500-509, 576-577, 585-587, 610-619, 621-625, 717-720, 728-730, 738-739, 744-748, 750-759, 791-799,900-910, 914-919, 933-934, 940, 943-946, 949-950, 954-960, 964, 966, 968, 970-976, 978, 980, 987, 989.
The following are the 3-digit prefix for Bayan which will require the assigned PTE identifier ”3” at the beginning of the prefix: 220-224, 226-228, 262, 377-394, 406-419, 427-428, 430-440, 443-450, 453-456, 466-469, 474, 480-481, 483-499.
The National Complaint Hotline 8888 and emergency special numbers which are less than 7-digits and start with 1 or 9 such as Emergency Hotline 911, MMDA 136, Lifeline Arrows 16911, and Rescue Operations 161, among others, will remain the same.
Originally, NTC set the migration date for March 18, 2019, but the Bankers Association of the Philippines and Credit Card Association of the Philippines petitioned to have it moved to a later schedule.
For three months after the October 6, 2019 migration (until January 6, 2020), customers who incorrectly dial the old 7-digit numbers will hear a special announcement, saying the number has been changed to 8-digits (toll-free). After the special announcement is played, the call will be terminated and customers have to redial using the new 8-digit number.
https://business.mb.com.ph/2019/10/04/migration-to-8-digit-landline-number-starts-october-6/
Friday, October 4, 2019
DoTr to focus on railway dev’t in 2020
By Denise A. Valdez
Reporter
RAILWAY PROJECTS are taking center stage next year as the sector will account for bulk of the Department of Transportation’s (DoTr) proposed budget for 2020.
The department presented to the Senate on Thursday its P147-billion proposed spending plan for next year, where P108 billion will be spent on projects, of which 99% will be spent on railways.
The Senate Committee on Finance approved the budget, which will now be taken up at the plenary.
Approximately P106.7 billion of DoTr’s approved budget for projects will go to railways, followed by P507.5 million for the maritime sector, P346.5 million for the aviation sector and P101 million for roads. About P360.6 million of the budget will go to other projects.
“The reason for this budget is because we are aggressively expanding the railway network,” Transportation Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John R. Batan said at the hearing.
Railway projects to be undertaken next year include the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR), Metro Manila Subway Project, Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) Rehabilitation, Mindanao Railway Project, Philippine National Railway (PNR) South Long Haul, Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension and Subic-Clark Railway. Mr. Batan said construction of each of the projects is part of a plan to expand the country’s railway system, which will have a total length of 1,144 kilometers in 2022 from 77 km in 2016, consisting especially of LRT-1, LRT-2, MRT-3, PNR At-Grade, MRT-7, Metro Manila Subway, Subic-Clark Railway, NSCR, PNR Bicol and Mindanao Railway.
Within the same six-year period, the number of stations across all railway systems is targeted to increase to 169 from 59, the number of trains to 1,425 from 221, and daily ridership to 3.26 million from 1.02 million.
“Itong 2016, 2017 and 2018, iginugol natin sa project approvals, procurement at pag-arrange ng mga loans [We spent 2016, 2017 and 2018 for project approvals, procurement and arranging loans]. ’Yung construction natin are mostly starting in 2019, 2020, continuing to 2021,” he said.
Senators also asked the DoTr on the MRT-3 rehabilitation and how soon commuters may expect ease in riding experience. Mr. Batan said repairs are scheduled for completion by July 2021, but at least nine of the 48 new trains from China will be gradually rolled out for regular operations starting the second half of 2020.
Meanwhile, Transportation OIC Undersecretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Mark Richmund M. de Leon said the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program may extend its deadline for jeepney phaseout beyond July 2020.
“’Yung target kasi, ’yun ’yung [That target was] when we started this modernization program last 2017… But having said that, meron tayong mga [we’re encountering] challenges on financing, on the cost of the units, we will evaluate again based on these challenges,” he said at the hearing.
The government initially required jeepney drivers and operators to change their fleet of 15-year-old jeepneys into “environment friendly” units by 2020.
Mr. de Leon said there are 170,000 old jeepney units across the country today, and the goal is to have about 85,000 modern units to replace them by next year.
However, there are only 2,595 modern jeepneys operational today — more than two years since the launch of the PUV Modernization program.
“We support in general this modernization program. But I am not very encouraged by the answers that I hear today… In a week’s time, submit to us a revised target… what are your targets for the phaseout, and up to the end of this administration,” Senator Franklin M. Drilon told the DoTr.
https://www.bworldonline.com/dotr-to-focus-on-railway-devt-in-2020/
Reporter
RAILWAY PROJECTS are taking center stage next year as the sector will account for bulk of the Department of Transportation’s (DoTr) proposed budget for 2020.
The department presented to the Senate on Thursday its P147-billion proposed spending plan for next year, where P108 billion will be spent on projects, of which 99% will be spent on railways.
The Senate Committee on Finance approved the budget, which will now be taken up at the plenary.
Approximately P106.7 billion of DoTr’s approved budget for projects will go to railways, followed by P507.5 million for the maritime sector, P346.5 million for the aviation sector and P101 million for roads. About P360.6 million of the budget will go to other projects.
“The reason for this budget is because we are aggressively expanding the railway network,” Transportation Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John R. Batan said at the hearing.
Railway projects to be undertaken next year include the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR), Metro Manila Subway Project, Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) Rehabilitation, Mindanao Railway Project, Philippine National Railway (PNR) South Long Haul, Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension and Subic-Clark Railway. Mr. Batan said construction of each of the projects is part of a plan to expand the country’s railway system, which will have a total length of 1,144 kilometers in 2022 from 77 km in 2016, consisting especially of LRT-1, LRT-2, MRT-3, PNR At-Grade, MRT-7, Metro Manila Subway, Subic-Clark Railway, NSCR, PNR Bicol and Mindanao Railway.
Within the same six-year period, the number of stations across all railway systems is targeted to increase to 169 from 59, the number of trains to 1,425 from 221, and daily ridership to 3.26 million from 1.02 million.
“Itong 2016, 2017 and 2018, iginugol natin sa project approvals, procurement at pag-arrange ng mga loans [We spent 2016, 2017 and 2018 for project approvals, procurement and arranging loans]. ’Yung construction natin are mostly starting in 2019, 2020, continuing to 2021,” he said.
Senators also asked the DoTr on the MRT-3 rehabilitation and how soon commuters may expect ease in riding experience. Mr. Batan said repairs are scheduled for completion by July 2021, but at least nine of the 48 new trains from China will be gradually rolled out for regular operations starting the second half of 2020.
Meanwhile, Transportation OIC Undersecretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Mark Richmund M. de Leon said the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program may extend its deadline for jeepney phaseout beyond July 2020.
“’Yung target kasi, ’yun ’yung [That target was] when we started this modernization program last 2017… But having said that, meron tayong mga [we’re encountering] challenges on financing, on the cost of the units, we will evaluate again based on these challenges,” he said at the hearing.
The government initially required jeepney drivers and operators to change their fleet of 15-year-old jeepneys into “environment friendly” units by 2020.
Mr. de Leon said there are 170,000 old jeepney units across the country today, and the goal is to have about 85,000 modern units to replace them by next year.
However, there are only 2,595 modern jeepneys operational today — more than two years since the launch of the PUV Modernization program.
“We support in general this modernization program. But I am not very encouraged by the answers that I hear today… In a week’s time, submit to us a revised target… what are your targets for the phaseout, and up to the end of this administration,” Senator Franklin M. Drilon told the DoTr.
https://www.bworldonline.com/dotr-to-focus-on-railway-devt-in-2020/
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Skyway operator to speed up preliminary work on extension
TRAFFIC at South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) is expected to ease up by November, as Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corp. (SOMCO) said it will speed up the completion of the heavy preliminary works on its extension project.
In a statement yesterday, the unit of conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said one of the Skyway lanes that has been temporarily closed since last week will be reopened by end-November. The lane was closed as preliminary work on the Skyway extension project began.
“SOMCO assured motorists that they will get a reprieve from traffic in the south by November when heavy preliminary works are targeted for completion, just before much of the Christmas rush,” it said.
SOMCO is currently undertaking a P10-billion extension on both directions of the Skyway from the toll plaza of the main line linking to Susana Heights. Construction of the four-kilometer elevated viaduct started in June and is scheduled for completion by December 2020.
Since last week, motorists have complained about the heavy traffic that spilled over to SLEx brought by the lane closure at Skyway, affecting vehicles coming from Laguna up to Alabang.
“We understand your frustration but given that the holiday season is fast approaching, we have to be aggressive with the schedule as it is our best ‘window’ to complete preliminary road works before peak traffic season,” SOMCO President Manuel M. Bonoan said in the statement.
“We ask for understanding and patience from our motorists for this temporary inconvenience.”
Aside from the already closed lane last week, SOMCO also notified motorists of a one-way traffic scheme to be implemented starting Oct. 8 at 10 p.m. for the northbound lanes from Alabang to Sucat Interchange. The scheme will run until end of November.
The current works at Skyway cover Phase 1 of SOMCO’s extension master plan for the toll road, which seeks to extend the northbound and southbound lanes of Skyway from Muntinlupa to Susana Heights. Once completed, it will link the toll road to the Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway.
SOMCO said the next phases of the extension project will include works to decongest traffic at Bicutan, Sucat and Alabang-Zapote Road access points.
“[O]ur aggressive target to complete Phase 1 is by December next year. There are possible causes of delay: right-of-way issues, moving of pipelines, power lines, and the like. However, with the leadership and full support of government, we’re confident we can still fast-track and complete it in a relatively shorter period of time,” Mr. Bonoan said. — Denise A. Valdez
https://www.bworldonline.com/skyway-operator-to-speed-up-preliminary-work-on-extension/
In a statement yesterday, the unit of conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said one of the Skyway lanes that has been temporarily closed since last week will be reopened by end-November. The lane was closed as preliminary work on the Skyway extension project began.
“SOMCO assured motorists that they will get a reprieve from traffic in the south by November when heavy preliminary works are targeted for completion, just before much of the Christmas rush,” it said.
SOMCO is currently undertaking a P10-billion extension on both directions of the Skyway from the toll plaza of the main line linking to Susana Heights. Construction of the four-kilometer elevated viaduct started in June and is scheduled for completion by December 2020.
Since last week, motorists have complained about the heavy traffic that spilled over to SLEx brought by the lane closure at Skyway, affecting vehicles coming from Laguna up to Alabang.
“We understand your frustration but given that the holiday season is fast approaching, we have to be aggressive with the schedule as it is our best ‘window’ to complete preliminary road works before peak traffic season,” SOMCO President Manuel M. Bonoan said in the statement.
“We ask for understanding and patience from our motorists for this temporary inconvenience.”
Aside from the already closed lane last week, SOMCO also notified motorists of a one-way traffic scheme to be implemented starting Oct. 8 at 10 p.m. for the northbound lanes from Alabang to Sucat Interchange. The scheme will run until end of November.
The current works at Skyway cover Phase 1 of SOMCO’s extension master plan for the toll road, which seeks to extend the northbound and southbound lanes of Skyway from Muntinlupa to Susana Heights. Once completed, it will link the toll road to the Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway.
SOMCO said the next phases of the extension project will include works to decongest traffic at Bicutan, Sucat and Alabang-Zapote Road access points.
“[O]ur aggressive target to complete Phase 1 is by December next year. There are possible causes of delay: right-of-way issues, moving of pipelines, power lines, and the like. However, with the leadership and full support of government, we’re confident we can still fast-track and complete it in a relatively shorter period of time,” Mr. Bonoan said. — Denise A. Valdez
https://www.bworldonline.com/skyway-operator-to-speed-up-preliminary-work-on-extension/
Monday, September 30, 2019
NEDA OKs NAIA rehab proposal
The Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-Cabcom) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has approved the unsolicited proposal for the rehabilitation and operation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
This was confirmed by Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia last Friday.
A NEDA source said the ICC-CabCom approved the finalization of the draft concession agreement for the project by the Department of Transportation (DoTr) with the consortium based on the parameters cleared during the meeting.
This includes the shortening of the original proposal to rehabilitate, operate and maintain the aging NAIA from 35 years to only 15 years.
The source said the project would “basically be an optimization of the existing airport” in which the proponent “will introduce new technologies not yet used in NAIA” to accommodate the increase in passengers.
Pernia said that after this, the project would be referred to the NEDA Board, which is chaired by President Duterte, before it can proceed to the Swiss challenge process.
Officials said this is a project that the government wants to be done “as early as possible.”
The P102-billion proposal was put forward by a super consortium composed of Aboitiz InfraCapital, AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp., Alliance Global Group Inc., Asia’s Emerging Dragon Corp., Filinvest Development Corp., JG Summit Holdings Inc. and Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
Meanwhile, the approval for the proposal of Aboitiz InfraCapital to upgrade, operate and maintain the New Panglao Bohol International Airport was deferred because the government is now considering to take on the addition of capacity and just letting the private sector take over its operations and maintenance (O&M).
The NEDA source said the firm has another proposal for the O&M component alone that may also be reviewed by the ICC-CabCom.
The source said DOTr is now exploring means of funding the addition of capacity either through loans or government funds.
This, however, is considered a priority project that needs to be carried out as early as next year because the Bohol airport is already suffering from capacity constraints.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/09/30/1955981/neda-oks-naia-rehab-proposal
This was confirmed by Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia last Friday.
A NEDA source said the ICC-CabCom approved the finalization of the draft concession agreement for the project by the Department of Transportation (DoTr) with the consortium based on the parameters cleared during the meeting.
This includes the shortening of the original proposal to rehabilitate, operate and maintain the aging NAIA from 35 years to only 15 years.
The source said the project would “basically be an optimization of the existing airport” in which the proponent “will introduce new technologies not yet used in NAIA” to accommodate the increase in passengers.
Pernia said that after this, the project would be referred to the NEDA Board, which is chaired by President Duterte, before it can proceed to the Swiss challenge process.
Officials said this is a project that the government wants to be done “as early as possible.”
The P102-billion proposal was put forward by a super consortium composed of Aboitiz InfraCapital, AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp., Alliance Global Group Inc., Asia’s Emerging Dragon Corp., Filinvest Development Corp., JG Summit Holdings Inc. and Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
Meanwhile, the approval for the proposal of Aboitiz InfraCapital to upgrade, operate and maintain the New Panglao Bohol International Airport was deferred because the government is now considering to take on the addition of capacity and just letting the private sector take over its operations and maintenance (O&M).
The NEDA source said the firm has another proposal for the O&M component alone that may also be reviewed by the ICC-CabCom.
The source said DOTr is now exploring means of funding the addition of capacity either through loans or government funds.
This, however, is considered a priority project that needs to be carried out as early as next year because the Bohol airport is already suffering from capacity constraints.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/09/30/1955981/neda-oks-naia-rehab-proposal
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