For travelling in the Philippines there are a lot of cheap possibilities.  For the long distances on the bigger islands,  the busses are the best possibility. Travelling per train is hardly possible, because there is only on one island a railway. Taking the train is only possible on the northern island of Luzon. This comfortable, air-conditioned train  brings you from Manila to Naga in the south-eastern part of Luzon. The journey takes 14 hours and costs about  7 American dollars.

For the shorter distances on all islands (outside and inside towns and cities), people  make use of the jeepneys, multicabs and tricycles. In big cities like Manila or Cebu City, the most common mean of transportation is the jeepney. Everywhere in the Philippines, for the more short and local  distances,  the multicabs and tricycles  are used by many Filipinos. The tricycle, a motorcycle with an attached passenger-cabin on a third wheel, is the cheapest. The big advantage of the tricycle is that it will bring you to every desired place. The multicabs, just as the jeepneys, have fixed routes

The prices depend on the distance. From 5 pesos for a very short distance to  12 pesos for special, longer trips.

In the big cities like Manila and Cebu City,  the tricycles are  especially  part of the transportation services in the  outer living sections. In the smaller cities and towns you can see them all over the place. A stop on every desired place is possible.

Jeepneys are used for short and long distances. 

The price is 7 pesos (for the first 3 kilometres) and 1 peso more for each successive km.  The jeepneys have mostly fixed  routes within big cities and routes from 'town to town'.

Busses  are classified into not air-conditioned and air-conditioned busses.  

The price  begins with  4 pesos (not air-conditioned busses) or 9 pesos (air-conditioned busses). Half a peso must be added for every successive km. An example: for a drive over 60 km you'll pay about 35 pesos for a air-con and  about 25-30 for a not air-conditioned bus. 

To make use of a taxi is of course more expensive. The price for the first 500 meters is 25 pesos and  additional 2 pesos for every 250 meters thereafter.