Free Edsa rides ending; privatized busway eyed

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.     Free Edsa rides ending; privatized busway eyed Starting New Year’s Day, hundreds of thousands of passengers using the Edsa Bus Carousel will again pay for their fares on Metro Manila’s busiest road after the government stopped funding the free rides ahead of a plan to privatize the busway operation in 2023.     Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial   DOTr: Test visitors coming from China The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has recommended tighter travel restrictions on people coming from China, which is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases.    WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? A team assembled by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, an agency under the Department of Information and Communications Technology, receives complaints from mobile phone users who are having problems registering their SIM cards. The center logged about 500 complaints during the first 24 hours of the registration. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE   SUBSCRIBE NOW   Fake weather alert rattles Misamis folk OZAMIZ CITY—A “disaster scare” gripped Misamis Occidental on Tuesday after a social media post, packaged as a message of public concern, warned of another wave of flooding on Wednesday.      Opinion: Preserving Ifugao Rice Terraces As is the case with massive projects such as preserving the Ifugao Rice Terraces, more needs to be done, and it will require not just the vaunted “whole of government” approach, but no less than the effort of the entire nation, from the tourists who will not throw garbage or destroy the fragile terrace structure, to the Ifugao local government that will give the youth reason to stay and preserve Ifugao terraces and culture, and the national government that will funnel enough budget to bankroll the preservation and management programs     © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe