{"id":20952,"date":"2026-08-03T00:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=20952"},"modified":"2026-08-03T00:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:32:31","slug":"national-id-holders-to-get-free-mrt-3-rides-every-wednesday-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/national-id-holders-to-get-free-mrt-3-rides-every-wednesday-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL ID HOLDERS TO GET FREE MRT-3 RIDES EVERY WEDNESDAY IN AUGUST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE <\/strong><strong>Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced that commuters that will present a valid National ID will receive free rides on the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) every Wednesday in August.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is in celebration of the enactment of Republic Act (RA) 11055 (Philippine Identification System Act).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\"><strong>In an advisory, the DOTr said the free rides will be available on Aug. 5, 12, 19, and 26, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\"><strong>A separate free ride will also be offered on Sept. 16, 2026, in celebration of Global Identity Day, the DOTr said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\"><strong>Commuters may present their physical National ID, Digital ID or ePhilID in paper format to avail of the free service.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\"><strong>The initiative is a partnership between the DOTr-MRT-3 and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced that commuters that will present a valid National ID will receive free rides on the Metro Rail Transit Line<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic.jpg",415,260,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic.jpg",415,260,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic.jpg",415,260,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic.jpg",415,260,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic.jpg",415,260,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic.jpg",415,260,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic.jpg",415,260,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic.jpg",415,260,false],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mrt3-pic-350x260.jpg",350,260,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/national\/\" rel=\"category tag\">National<\/a>","tag_info":"National","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20954,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20952\/revisions\/20954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}