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PCG deploys buses for free rides as transport strike strands commuters

Published Dec 9, 2025 04:58 pm
Members of transport group MANIBELA hold placards as they shout slogans during the first day of their three-day transport strike in Manila on Dec. 9, 2025. The strike, which is part of a nationwide protest, was launched to denounce what the group describes as excessive penalties, alleged extortion, and the slow processing of transport documents. MANIBELA leaders say members across Metro Manila and several provinces have joined the demonstration to call attention to issues they claim have long burdened jeepney operators under current transport policies. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN)
Members of transport group MANIBELA hold placards as they shout slogans during the first day of their three-day transport strike in Manila on Dec. 9, 2025. The strike, which is part of a nationwide protest, was launched to denounce what the group describes as excessive penalties, alleged extortion, and the slow processing of transport documents. MANIBELA leaders say members across Metro Manila and several provinces have joined the demonstration to call attention to issues they claim have long burdened jeepney operators under current transport policies. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN)
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) mobilized buses along major routes in Metro Manila to assist commuters affected by the transport strike led by the group Manibela on Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The PCG provided free rides to the comuting public until the three-day strike ends on Dec. 11 to ensure uninterrupted public transportation.
The routes Covered by the PCG’s free bus rides are the following:
1. Quezon City – Manila Corridor
Quiapo → Lerma → Morayta → UST → Lacson Ave → Welcome Rotonda → Quezon Ave → Elliptical Road → Philcoa → UP Diliman → Visayas Ave → Balara → Katipunan → Commonwealth Market → Litex → Ever Gotesco → Sandiganbayan → Batasan → IBP Road → Payatas → Fairview Center Mall → SM Fairview → Lagro
2. Manila – Parañaque Corridor
Kalaw → US Embassy → Roxas Blvd → UN Ave → Pedro Gil → Quirino Ave → CCP Complex → Vito Cruz → Libertad → Heritage Hotel → Baclaran Church → Redemptorist Road → Airport Road → NAIA Road → Kabihasnan → Tambo → Don Galo → La Huerta → San Dionisio → Baclaran → Sucat Road Intersection → SM City Sucat
The PCG said buses and trucks are on standby and will be deployed immediately once stranded passengers are monitored along these routes.
Manibela held the strike to protest alleged abuses at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and delays in the release of jeepney registration papers.
An estimated 20,000 jeepneys did not ply their routes across Metro Manila, according to the transport group.

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