The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Wednesday, Sept. 15 assured that it would be able to pay public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers who participated in the government’s service contracting program. At the House Committee on Appropriations hearing on the proposed...
More than 170,000 essential workers have so far benefitted from the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) free ride program on the first day of its nationwide resumption on Monday, Sept. 13. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will resume on Monday, Sept. 13, its expanded free ride service for authorized persons outside residence (APORs) and essential workers nationwide. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus...
Operators of qualified public utility vehicles (PUVs) will start getting incentives from the national government as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) relaunched on Friday, September 10, the Service Contracting Program (SCP)....
Detained Senator Leila De Lima has called on the Senate to probe the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for failing to disburse funds to COVID-19 hit public utility drivers (PUV) under the Service Contracting Program. In filing Senate Resolution NO. 862, De Lima said the...
Another senator has pushed to grill the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) after state auditors found that the agency used only one percent of its allocation for its service contracting program. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Francis...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has labeled as "misleading" the news reports saying that only a measly 1 percent of its P5.56-billion fund for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic ended up being...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, August 17, condemned what she described as an "utterly dismal" implementation of the government's service contracting program, which was also recently flagged by state auditors. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi lives inside his vehicle with his family after the lockdown...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday called out the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for becoming the “single-biggest job stranglers” since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the country. Binay expressed her disappointment at the...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Saturday, July 24, asked authorities to come up with a mass transportation plan in light of the rainy season and the threat of the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon City are forced to wait in line after public utility...
Even as the budget department released funds to continue the government's service contracting program, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said ₱3 billion will not be enough to sustain the program that gives free rides for essential workers and commuters....
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, July 2, raised concern that commuters would have to deal with higher fares with fewer public utility vehicles (PUVs) on roads after the expiration of funds for service contracting program under the Bayanihan 2 law. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) “Hindi lang ang...
