Malacañang will find a way to assist the beleaguered public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers amid the skyrocketing prices of pump fuel. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this assurance in a virtual press conference Tuesday, Oct. 19, or a day after a "big time"...
Instead of a fare increase, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it is planning to implement programs that will provide financial assistance to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators as a way to cushion the impact of the rising pump prices. (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday, Oct. 18, issued a show cause order against two consortiums operating along the EDSA Busway for deploying insufficient numbers of buses on the route and for not paying the salary of their drivers and conductors under the...
A fixer and her cohort who victimize applicants for driver's license were nabbed in an entrapment operation staged over the weekend by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG). (Photo Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) The...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said it will review the fare hike petitions to be submitted by transport groups amid the rise in fuel costs as holiday season nears. (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Kung sakaling mareceive ng aming opisina ang request...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s Vaccine Express initiative has helped fully vaccinate 2,935 people in Quezon City as part of her office’s goal to speed up the government’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the Vaccine Express site during the last day of the...
The impact of tropical storm “Jolina,” which caused heavy downpour in Metro Manila and other parts of the country, has forced the Office of the Vice President (OVP) to reschedule its Vaccine Express drive in Quezon City. Vice President Leni Robredo and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte open the...
Some 7,000 transport network vehicle service (TNVS) drivers and other economic frontliners are expected to be inoculated in the vaccination center launched by Grab Philippines at its office in Makati City. (Photo from Grab Philippines) Grab has partnered with the Makati City local government unit...
Authorities have arrested illegal carpool drivers for violating health protocols by pretending to be included in the authorized persons outside residence (APOR) list when they passed a checkpoint in Zambales. (UNSPLASH / FILE PHOTO) “Nagpapanggap sila na sila ay APOR ang iba naman ay residente...
It was a bad day for a motorcycle rider who availed of a quick driver's license after he was busted by operatives of the Inter-agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) after a helmet violation in Bulacan. The rider, whose identity was withheld, was apparently first apprehended for wearing the wrong...
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...
