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'Di na solid': Magnificent 7 members disown calls for Guadiz to quit LTFRB, form new transport coalition

Published Oct 5, 2025 10:11 pm
The heads of major transport groups show the letter they sent to President Marcos that discusses their disappointment and impatience over slow progress of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) during a press conference in Quezon City on October 2, 2025.
The heads of major transport groups show the letter they sent to President Marcos that discusses their disappointment and impatience over slow progress of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) during a press conference in Quezon City on October 2, 2025.
The mighty Magnificent 7 of the transport sector appeared to have already lost its solid alliance after five of its members disowned the calls for the resignation of Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) chairman Teofilo Guadiz III.
The Magnificent 7 is composed of Pasang Masda, Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (ALTODAP), Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators sa Pilipinas (LTOP), Stop-and-Go, Fetodap, Busina and Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO).
But following a press conference in Quezon City on Friday night, what would be left with the group are the Pasang Masda headed by Roberto “Obet” and ALTODAP national president Melencio “Boy” Vargas.
Orlando Marquez, spokesperson of the breakaway groups, said the four former members of Magnificent 7 will no longer participate in smear campaigns against government officials.
This, as he clarified that he did not agree with the call for Guadiz to be removed from the LTFRB and the agency’s regional director for the National Capital Region, claiming that he and at least three other signatories of the petition were just misled.
This is the reason, he said, why they decided to bolt out of the Magnificent 7 to create a new group.
The new group, he said, will be joined by five other major transport groups to form a 10-transport group coalition.
The group reiterated its support to the PTMP and Guadiz. 
Guadiz was being called out over problems regarding the implementation of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), formerly called PUV Modernization Program.
Aside from the five groups that bolted the Magnificent 7, Guadiz was also backed by another transport group, Manibela, which is a staunch critic of the PTMP.
Manibela, along with Piston, has been staging transport strikes to protest the implementation of the PTMP which it described as anti-poor.
But after the presscon, Manibela posted in its Facebook page that it was supporting Guadiz in what appeared to be a message taunting the Magnificent 7.
Manibela said the Magnificent 7 suddenly abandoned Guadiz after their demands were not granted.
In another Facebook post, Manibela asked Guadiz to relax as it vowed to support him amid calls for his resignation.
The group also criticized the Magnificent 7 for not doing anything to benefit the entire PUV sector.
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