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Minimum fare back to P8.00

November 4th, 2008 3 comments

Hurray! Because of the oil price roll backs, minimum fare is back to P8.00! That is a very good news for commuters like me. The implementation of that starts today! I have been computing before the impact of the minimum fare in my daily expenses. I never thought that it would really mean something in [...]

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Not everybody heard the news

July 15th, 2008 2 comments

I knew it would happen. It did on the very first jeep I took from our house to Philcoa. A man paid and reacted on the change given by the driver. He asked, “The fare is supposedly P 8.00, is it not?” Everybody reacted for the driver and said, “It is already P 8.50, since [...]

New Minimum Fare – P8.50

July 14th, 2008 1 comment

I must remember that there is a new minimum fare. That is P8.50. I do not like to be shout at and be asked for a P0.50. This is the usual scenario whenever there is a minimum fare increase. The driver will said, “Nagtaas na ho!”. Still manageable for ordinary citizens like me. There was [...]