Tag page - JEEPNEY MODERNIZATION

House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, March 6, said that his cousin, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., was “sympathetic” to the plight of transport groups and jeepney drivers as they staged a protest against the government’s plan to modernize the traditional jeepneys. ...

Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (DepEd/MB Visual Content Group) Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Sunday, March 5, maintained that alternative learning modes—both in-person and online—must be implemented during the looming transport strike this week that...

House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto said the government should look into the “catalogue of complaints" on the jeepney modernization. (MANILA BULLETIN) Recto, in a statement Wednesday, March 1, said the complaints ranging from "financing to roadworthiness to...

BACOLOD CITY -- Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez has assured traditional jeepney operators here that there will be no apprehension against them amid the ongoing meeting of the city government, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Land Transportation Office...

If reelected, Senator Risa Hontiveros vowed to continue pushing for the Security of Tenure Bill and measures that will help the transport sector keep up from the rising oil prices and jeepney modernization. Senator Risa Hontiveros meets the drivers and operators of the Zambales Olongapo Bataan...