President Marcos has approved the recommendation to extend the consolidation period of public utility vehicles (PUVs) until April 30, 2024, Malacañang said. File photo Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil made the announcement ahead of the initial deadline for the consolidation on Dec. 31,...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Rep. Manuel's Facebook) Despite the fact that modern jeepneys can be produced locally and cheaply, a staggering amount of modern public utility vehicles (PUVs) were actually manufactured by foreign companies, Kabataan...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool) The House Committee on Transportation has approved a resolution calling on President Marcos to reconsider the lapsed Dec. 31, 2023 deadline for the public utility vehicle (PUV)...
Sen. Grace Poe said on Tuesday, January 23, that concerned agencies must prioritize contingency measures to ensure that the mobility of our commuting public will not be hampered. In a statement, Poe stated that this should be done instead of just training its sights on the crackdown of...
Road accidents involving passenger jeepneys, the recent was in Laguna that left two people dead and 17 others injured, serve as a wake-up call to modernize the country’s public transportation, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) said on Sunday, Jan. 21. LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D....
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has committed to provide at least P30,000 worth of in-kind assistance for jeepney drivers affected by the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma said the livelihood initiative refers to the...
Pasang Masda president Ka Obet Martin shows a copy of the Motion for Intervention that he and 57 other transport leaders across the country filed before the Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, that seeks dismissal on the petittion filed by other Piston and other groups against the Public...
Drivers of public utility jeepneys will no longer be tied on the boundary set by the operators as they will enjoy the full benefits of a regular employee under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), an official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Monday, Jan. 15....
Antipolo City 2nd Rep. Romeo Acop (Facebook) The House Committee on Transportation intends to approve a resolution asking President Marcos to reconsider the already lapsed deadline for the consolidation of jeepney drivers under the government’s...
The decision on the specific brand of the modern vehicles that will be procured for the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization lies on the transport operators, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Tuesday, Jan. 9. LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadiz III said the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has deferred the apprehension of jeepneys and other public utility vehicles (PUV) whose operators failed to consolidate into either a corporation or a cooperative on Dec 31. Supposedly, only unconsolidated PUV operators in routes with below 60 percent...
Antipolo City 2nd Rep. Romeo Acop (PPAB) Answering the Speaker's call, the House Committee Transportation will launch its motu propio investigation on the supposed tainted implementation of the public utility vehicle (PUV) or jeepney modernization program...
