What will happen on February 1, when public utility vehicles (PUVs) that did not consolidate will no longer be allowed to operate? Transportation officials said there will be random checks to ensure that jeepneys plying the roads are consolidated while sanctions will be imposed to those that would...
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 of President Marcos not to extend the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUVs) was supported by the "majority" of PUV operators, a transport official said. In a statement released by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), Office of Transport Cooperatives (OTC) Chairman...
At least three jeepney groups composed of hundreds of operators and drivers trooped to the Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) in Quezon City on the last day of the franchise consolidation for the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) on New Year's Eve,...
For Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel, President Marcos has left out in the cold those who will be adversely affected by the decision to keep the Dec. 31 deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUVs) in the country. ...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas reiterated her call to President Marcos to “set aside if not totally scrap” the Dec. 31 franchise consolidation deadline to avert the threat of a “massive...
President Marcos announced that the deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUV) operators will not be extended. Marcos said the government has decided not to extend the deadline of consolidation as 70 percent of all operators in the country have complied with the requirements to...
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), as a representing counsel for the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), is opposed the consolidation of the cases relating to the junked rate hike on the power supply agreements (PSAs) of the two corporate vehicles of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp (SMCGP)...
The House Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regularization on Tuesday, Nov. 15, approved the consolidation of 10 bills that will enable the regularization and grant of civil service eligibility to casual and contractual government workers that have been in service for three to five years....
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said the Marcos administration needs to expedite the pace of fiscal consolidation given the national government’s tight buffer to absorb future shocks. In AMRO’s Annual Consultation Report released on Wednesday, July 20, the think tank raised...
ILOILO CITY – Aklan Rep. Ted Haresco Jr. has urged the Marcos administration to adopt the fiscal consolidation plan of the Duterte government to solve the country’s economic woes. “The needs of the times require the government to prioritize seeking additional sources of revenue to pay off...
Incoming Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno wants to put in place a formal fiscal plan that will take control of government expenditures, set clear borrowing and revenue programs, as well as design policies to manage budget deficits in the next six-years. Diokno, who is currently governor of the...
