For the Makabayan bloc, it would be insensitive for congressmen to debate about Charter change (Cha-cha) while public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers are on strike. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) As such, the militant solons are asking the House leadership to postpone the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Department of Education said classes in this city are not suspended due to the transport strike starting on Monday, March 6. City Schools Division Superintendent Hermogenes Panganiban, in a memorandum dated Friday, March 3, said that schools shall shift from...
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...
A group on Friday, March 3, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to be “more considerate” of the plight of both teachers and learners as well as drivers of public utility vehicles (PUV) during the transport strike set next week. MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN “DepEd's categorical...
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) conducted a transport strike in Negros Occidental as part of its protest in junking the Oil Deregulation Law amid the bigtime and continuous oil price hikes in the country. The Oil Deregulation Law removed the government’s control on the pricing, exportation,...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has readied the contingency measures to cushion the impact of the planned March 15 transport hike on the commuters in the metropolis. From vehicles to the Pasig Rover Ferry Service, MMDA chairman Romando Artes said plans were already mapped out...
