Published February 22, 2021, 2:58 PM
In a bid to cope with the challenges brought by the ongoing pandemic, the Philippine Railways Institute (PRI) launched last week a new online learning platform for its web refresher training course.
“I am delighted that, in keeping with the times, the PRI is now able to provide remote learning sustainably during, and even beyond, this pandemic,” Transportation Undersecretary Anneli Lontoc, officer-in-charge of the PRI, said.
“PRI is now part of a growing number of institutes and organizations that have adopted this kind of learning platform,” she added.
According to Lontoc, PRI’s new Learning Management System (LMS) aims to provide the existing railway operations and maintenance workforce a platform that allows self-paced learning, while still encouraging the trainees’ participation through facilitated contact sessions.
Published February 8, 2021, 9:45 AM
Another historic milestone and remarkable event for the Philippines’ railway sector has been unveiled, and government officials and partners witness the arrival of the Cutter Head of ‘KAUNLARAN’, the first among the six Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) intended for use in the partial operability section of the first ever underground railway system of the country.
The Cutter Head is the largest part of the TBM, weighing 74 tons. Its main purpose is to break, cut and grind rocks and soil by rotating its 36-piece disc cutter, composed of 15 pieces of single and 21 pieces of twin Roller Cutter (RC).
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+ January 24, 2021 THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 inaugurated its new office building at 103 Gen. Echavez St., Barangay Lorega San Miguel, Cebu City on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
Present at the ceremony were Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd L. Dino, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade, DOTr Undersecretary for Finance Garry de Guzman, Chief of Staff/Assistant Secretary for Procurement and Project Implementation Giovanni Lopez, Bus Rapid Transit Project Head and Philippine Railway Institute (PRI) Executive Director Undersecretary Anneli Lontoc, Assistant Secretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Mark Steven Pastor, LTFRB Chairman Martin Delgra III, Land Transportation Office (LTO) Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Director General Jim Sydiongco.