Rappler's latest stories on maintenance
HMOs told not to discriminate against people living with HIV
The Insurance Commission sets guidelines for health maintenance organizations on the assessment of risks of persons with HIV or perceived to have HIV

LIST: Power interruptions due to Meralco maintenance in April 2019
Here are the areas that will experience power interruptions for April

LIST: Power interruptions due to Meralco maintenance in March 2019
Here are the areas with scheduled power interruptions due to maintenance work of the Manila Electric Company

Duterte expenses up by 500%: Choppers, consultants, intel
(UPDATED) Here's what the Office of the President spent on in 2017
At least 7 groups vie for 25-year deal to operate, maintain Clark airport
With the auction for the operations and maintenance of the Clark International Airport about to start, several prospective bidders question some of the requirements

MRT3 delivers on its promise of more trains
(UPDATED) The MRT3 is looking at increasing their target to 20 trains with a 4-car configuration. These can carry 720,000 passengers a day.

Lax MRT3 record-keeping irks DOTr chief Tugade
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade says that without proper record keeping, a time could come where spare parts might run out

LOOK: MRT3 begins general maintenance of trains
After the maintenance, the Department of Transportation targets 15 working trains for the commuting public, up from the current 13

Ex MRT-3 service provider blacklisted from future bids by DOTr
Busan Universal Rail Incorporated, the former maintenance provider of the MRT-3 line, along with its joint venture firms, Busan and Edison, are barred after government terminated its contract last November

DOTr ends contract with MRT3 maintenance provider Busan Universal
(UPDATED) The Department of Transportation also forms the MRT3 Maintenance Transition Team to temporarily take over while a new company has yet to be chosen

Recto: Keep DepEd P30-B budget to increase teachers' allowances
Senator Ralph Recto proposes a 'rechanneling' of the P30-billion budget that the House of Representatives realigned to fund the free tuition law

Landbank extends banking hours on June 30 amid system upgrade
All branches of the Land Bank of the Philippines will be open until 5 pm on Friday June 30

Landbank sets June 24-25 system upgrade, downtime
ATMs cash deposit machines and other electronic banking channels will be offline from 10:30 pm on June 24 to 3:00 pm on June 25

Cebu Pacific links up with KLM AFI to service expanding fleet
The long term contract covers a fleet of what is expected to be over 40 Airbus A320s

Tagaytay air traffic radar fully operational after repair – CAAP
The maintenance repair is necessary says CAAP as the radar will be integrated with satellite based communications and air traffic management systems that will be launched later this year

LIST: Canceled flights due to extended radar maintenance work, March 11
Affected Cebu Pacific and Cebgo passengers can rebook their flights or get full refund

LIST: Canceled flights due to radar maintenance in March
Here s the full list of canceled PAL Cebu Pacific and Cebgo flights due to the Tagaytay radar maintenance from March 6 to 11

Sandiganbayan suspends Pangasinan exec over MRT graft case
Arturo Soriano the provincial accountant of Pangasinan is suspended for 90 days for graft charges over an alleged anomalous MRT3 contract

INFOGRAPHIC: Everything you need to know about complete car care
Taking care of your car is not as daunting as you think

Quiz: Test your car maintenance IQ
Have you mastered the basics of caring for your ride? Take this quiz to find out

Regular car maintenance: A cheat sheet
Important questions about care and prevention for your car – answered

With emergency powers, lighter Metro Manila traffic by 2019
Emergency powers will allow the faster implementation of over P207 billion worth of infrastructure projects to ease traffic transportation officials say

Duterte admin revives plan to build Metro Manila subway
This would have been the most expensive public private partnership PPP deal implemented under former president Benigno Aquino III s administration

BDO ATMs, other services offline early Thursday, August 18
The banking services will be unavailable as BDO will perform maintenance work

WATCH: Sunflowers are here to stay – UP agriculturist
University of the Philippines agricultural technicians weather the summer heat to plant sunflowers and keep a decades long tradition
DepEd calls on public to support Brigada Eskwela 2016
The Education Department asks the public to volunteer to clean and prepare public schools in time for the opening of classes

Ex-MRT3 chief Vitangcol slapped with extortion charges
Vitangcol tried to extort 30 million from Inekon and insisted that it pick a conspirator s firm as a partner to win the MRT3 expansion project says the Ombudsman

GMF AeroAsia bersaing di industri perawatan pesawat
Industri perawatan dan pemeliharaan pesawat mendapat angin segar setelah paket kebijakan ekonomi ke 8 Tapi masih banyak porsi yang dikerjakan di liuar negeri

Free maintenance meds at DOH's Hypertension and Diabetes Club
Non communicable diseases such as diabetes are the top killers in the Philippines according to the World Health Organization

Abaya: Poe got a 'bum steer,' Busan group takes over MRT3 maintenance
Transportation chief Jun Abaya says Senator Grace Poe could have been misinformed about the MRT3 maintenance deal
Korean-Filipino group bags MRT3 long-term maintenance contract
UPDATED The winning concessionaire will fulfill the general maintenance requirements of MRT3 within 3 years for a contract worth P3 81 billion
Is your pickup ready for a long road trip?
Here are some of the essentials to survive a road trip with friends

Aquino EO: Insurance Commission to oversee health maintenance orgs
The IC will now supervise solvency of HMOs and prevention of fraud in the industry
Abaya vows better MRT by March 2016
But Senator Grace Poe says the Philippines deserves a better transportation chief as MRT improvements continue to be delayed
Catch-up measures rev up infra spending in July
The infrastructure spending and capital outlay for July alone surge to 92 9
DOTC to expedite testing of MRT3 prototype train car
Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya says the MRT3 team will meet with suppliers to explore ways to provide more trains to the public ahead of schedule

Lower budgets for 10 state universities, colleges in 2016 – lawmaker
Kabataan Representative Terry Ridon also identifies 20 state universities and colleges that will get lower allocations for capital outlay and MOOE

German-Filipino joint venture bags MRT3 maintenance contract
The 6 month contract starting July 5 is the largest component of MRT3’s maintenance requirement

DOTC to MRT3 riders: 'Expect improvements soon'
The DOTC makes the pronouncement after it awards 4 maintenance contracts with 3 more on the way for the much criticized mass railway transit system

Several power plants on maintenance shutdown in June-July
The Manila Electric Company says that with enough reserves power outages are unlikely to happen during the shutdown

MRT3 contractor fined P211M over breakdowns
APT Global is slapped with penalties covering 12 billings from October 2013 to September 2014

DOTC taps several contractors for MRT3
Seven interim contractors will soon be tasked to operate and maintain MRT3 replacing current maintenance provider APT Global which has a long record of technical glitches and safety lapses

New MRT3 maintenance provider eyed in May
Current MRT3 maintenance provider APT Global with an accumulating record of technical glitches and safety lapses is set to be replaced by end May DOTC says

Meralco posts 10% net growth for Q1 2015
The utility firm nets P4 4B on the back of higher power sales
DOE to public: Practice efficiency, conserve energy
Despite the completion of the Malampaya maintenance activities the public is urged to be energy savvy as electricity demand peaks in May

April rate hike awaits Meralco customers
As earlier warned the rate hike is inevitable due to the ongoing Malampaya maintenance shutdown

Power rates to spike despite adequate reserves
The potential rate hike is attributed to the 3 power plants’ shift to liquid fuel and diesel during the 30 day Malampaya shutdown

Meralco rates to spike in April and May
The 30 day shutdown of the Malampaya facility and the higher demand for electricity during summer will cause higher electricity bills

7 int’l flights diverted over closed NAIA runway
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines says the NAIA runway had to be partially closed early Saturday morning due to maintenance repair

DOTC to bid out MRT3 extended maintenance contract
The government is hoping a 3 year maintenance contract will address the problems currently besetting the aging system
