Baybayin Is This Year’s Spotlight For LRT-1 Gabay Guro Train

Baybayin, Bugtong, and literary masterpieces will be this year’s theme for the annual LRT-1 Gabay Guro Train

Now on its 3rd year, LRT-1 Gabay Guro Train is set to ride once again from LRT-1 Balintawak station this month of September. This collaboration of Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) and the PLDT-Smart Foundation will be featuring Baybayin, one of the many ancient Filipino writing systems, together with Bugtong and literary masterpieces of notable Filipino writers like Jose Rizal, Francisco Balagtas, Leona Florentino, and Andres Bonifacio. 

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“We’re absolutely glad to be back once again celebrating National Teacher’s Month with the Gabay Guro LRT-1 train,” said PLDT SVP and Gabay Guro Chairperson Chaye Cabal-Revilla. “We look forward to the smiles and joy the beautiful trains give our teachers, who serve our country and society as true everyday heroes.”

“It’s an honor to continue our partnership for this excellent program that gives recognition to Filipino teachers everywhere, but also to do our part in educating all our LRT-1 passengers,” says LRMC President and CEO Juan F. Alfonso.

Look out for the Gabay Guro train riding out on the LRT-1 tracks this September!

About Gabay Guro

Gabay Guro is the flagship program of PLDT-Smart Foundation that provides abundant support and assistance to teachers nationwide. Building the nation one teacher at a time, Gabay Guro has seven pillars, including housing and educational facilities, scholarships, trainings, livelihood programs, broadband and computerization, teachers’ tribute, and innovation.

About LRT-1

LRMC is a joint venture company of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation’s Metro Pacific Light Rail Corporation (MPLRC), Ayala Corporation’s AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation (AC Infra), and the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure’s Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings (Philippines) PTE Ltd. (MIHPL). It assumed operations and maintenance of LRT-1 in September 2015 through a PhP 65-billion 32-year concession.