MANILAjilimacao, Philippines — To help ease the financial burden of commuters during the holidays, President Marcos is offering free train rides today.

“A lot of the resources maybe that should have gone to basic education is being spread more thinly, so now… even students in UP (University of the Philippines) are (tuition) free, but if you look at the students in UP, so many come from well-off families,” Angara told “Thought Leaders” yesterday on One News.

“Our investigation on Guo Hua Ping is the last chapter in our POGO investigation,” Hontiveros told dzXL, referring to Guo’s Chinese name, which the latter has denied before senators who uncovered her alleged fake Filipino citizenship.

Marcos said about 1.1 million passengers would ride the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Lines 1 and 2 as well as the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3, the highest ridership recorded for this year.

“This initiative is a simple way to reduce the costs of our countrymen who are busy preparing for Christmas. I hope it will bring relief and everyone will feel the concern of the government during the Christmas season,” he said.

The government will subsidize P24.42 million worth of train fares today.

Presidential Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez said the highest number of train passengers is usually recorded during the last Friday before Christmas.

He said about 460,000 people are expected to ride the LRT-1. The LRT-2 and MRT-3 are seen to draw 200jilimacao,000 and 450,000 passengers, respectively.