The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has created a special committee to review the government’s public transport modernization program (PTMP), particularly to address the concerns of various transport groups. Under Special Order No. 2025-152, DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon instructed...
Two brothers were killed and 12 individuals were injured when the jeepney they were riding plunged into a ravine in Barangay Bulbulala, Licuan-Baay, Abra on Tuesday afternoon, March 11. RESCUERS deploy to an accident site in Licuaan-Baay, Abra on March 11. (PRC FB) Police Capt....
The Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) should take into the consideration the welfare of the commuting public when deciding on the petition of transportation groups for a temporary jeepney fare increase. “While we recognize that jeepney drivers and operators...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will conduct a series of public hearings and consultations before deciding on the petition of transport groups to increase the jeepney minimum fare to P15. While the LTFRB said it understands the arguments and concerns raised by...
The Jeepney Phaseout / PUV Modernization continues to be a contentious issue. There are many arguments that have been raised both for and against it. Perhaps most troubling is the fact that there is a lot of misinformation spreading, particularly from armchair pundits that don’t quite understand...
CEBU CITY – A jeepney driver was arrested as a prime suspect in the killing of a woman whose body was found dumped at the South Road Properties (SRP) here on Tuesday, Nov. 19. GODOFREDO Brufal (face covered with cloth) sits across the relatives of a woman whom he admitted choking to...
BATANGAS CITY – Two barangay tanods or watchmen were killed and six others were injured after a jeepney crashed into them in Barangay Tulo, this city, on Friday afternoon, Nov. 1. Police identified the fatalities as Jocelyn Claro Macatangay, 49, and Arnold Ebora Calaluan, 49, watchmen of...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A driver was electrocuted to death after the public utility jeepney he was driving hit a live wire of the Albay Electric Cooperative at noon here on Wednesday, Oct. 23. THE body of a jeepney driver lies on the ground after he was electrocuted and his vehicle caught fire...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Ten individuals were injured in a jeepney crash in Barangay Manga, Peñablanca, Cagayan on Saturday, September 7. Police said the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating an uphill portion of the road and plunged into a deep ravine. Ten passengers,...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Twenty-four persons, including a two-month-old baby, were injured in a collision between a passenger jeepney and sports utility vehicle (SUV) here on Sunday afternoon, August 11. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, spokesperson of the Kalinga police provincial office, said the...
It looks like it is the end of the road for the jeepney, the so-called “king of the road,” after President Marcos said the Public Transportation Modernization Program (PTMP), formerly the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), will continue. The PUVMP is a government...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth P6.8 million were seized from a public utility jeepney (PUJ) driver in a buy-bust operation here at dawn on Monday, July 1. SUSPECTED shabu worth P6.8 million was seized from a public utility jeepney driver in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City at dawn on...
