High Investor Confidence in DOTC AFCS Project Attracts Major Players

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The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) believes that the investor turnout for the Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) is proof of high investor confidence in the project, as well as in the agency itself.

“We are very pleased with the investor turnout for the AFCS Project. Serious players from the transportation, IT, banking, and retail industries – both local and foreign – all came out to seek pre-qualification to participate in the bidding of the project,” the Transport Department said.

A total of nine (9) consortiums involving major local and foreign conglomerates, banks, and IT companies submitted eligibility documents to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) last Friday (April 12), in an effort to qualify as bidders for the P 1.72-Billion Contactless Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) Public-Private Partnership Project.

Laguindingan Airport Opening Moved by DOTC for Passenger Convenience

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We all know that each and everyone in the field of customer service must always consider the customers as top priority. We all aim to please the customers so we can maintain a harmonious relationship with them so that they would continue to remain as our customers.

Sometimes we even need to pamper them once in a while so they would feel important. That's the reason why there are discounts, promos, freebies, special offers, and other similar marketing strategies that are proliferating so that the customers would recognize some form of rewards for being loyal, transferring or new customers.

The same with government agencies, like the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), which must make all situations amenable to most of their customers, if not all.

Bibiano Fernandes : From the Slums to the Jungles and Now the Bright Lights of Manila

As one of ONE FC's co-headliners and Bantamweight World Champion, Bibiano Fernandes will be competing Koetsu Okazaki on a world stage at SM Mall Of Asia Arena this coming May 31, 2013. From the slums of Brazil and the isolated jungles of the Amazon to the bright lights of Manila, Bibiano shares his story and journey with us.

Fernandes grew up in the slums of Manaus, Brazil. Left to fend for himself after the passing of his mother, a young Fernandes scavenged for food in the Northern Brazilian city, living on leftovers and begging for food. He even spent several years living off the land in the Amazon Jungle. Fernandes revealed that he does not think about those young times, although when pressed, he added that his childhood probably developed his never-say-die attitude.

He returned to Manaus after a few years. Without a home and with nobody to turn to, a teenage Bibiano began cleaning houses and wash cars in exchange for food. There was a Jiu-Jitsu school in the neighborhood and he was mesmerized by what he saw. One of the students at the school became his friend and volunteered to pay a month’s fee for him to train. “He asked me if I wanted to train and I immediately said yes.” A month after rolling and tapping out veterans with years of experience, the coach asked him if he will like to compete in an upcoming tournament. Bibiano explained he had no money to pay neither the monthly fees nor the entry fee for the competition. Bibiano explained, “The coach simply said ‘Bibiano you come everyday and clean the gym’” and allowed him to train for free.