House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez floated the possibility of using the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) to help local auto manufacturers as the industry adjusts to the needs of the Public Utility...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) poses with representatives of local auto manufacturers after their meeting on Jan. 26, 2024. (Speaker's office). Speaker Martin Romualdez has told local auto manufacturers on Friday, Jan. 26, that the House of Representatives...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has expressed optimism that the number of consolidated public utility vehicles (PUV) will increase by 85 percent with the three months extension approved by President Marcos. Currently, the consolidated PUVs nationwide is at 76 percent and in Metro Manila,...
Road accidents involving passenger jeepneys, the recent was in Laguna that left two people dead and 17 others injured, serve as a wake-up call to modernize the country’s public transportation, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) said on Sunday, Jan. 21. LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D....
NAGCARLAN, Laguna – A two-year-old girl and a 45-year-old man were killed and 15 persons were injured after a passenger jeepney lost its brakes and crashed into multiple vehicles in Nagcarlan town in Laguna province on Friday afternoon, January 19. MAP of Nagcarlan, Laguna. A...
(File photo) Despite fierce criticism from several transportation stakeholders, the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) was touted as a "resounding success" by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). LTFRB Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III made the assessment in...
(Photo by Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN) Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III says "unconsolidated" public utility vehicles (PUV) drivers who will be caught plying roads beyond Jan. 31, 2023 will...
While the Philippine government pushes for a modernized public transportation system, the social action arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Caritas Philippines, called for a "just and inclusive" approach that still protects jeepney drivers and showcases Filipino...
SAN FRANCISCO, Quezon – A woman died and 26 were injured after a passenger jeepney plunged into a canal in Sitio Sentro, Barangay Butanguiad, this town, on Tuesday afternoon, January 2. Police identified the fatality as Juanita Sarmiento. ONE person was killed and 26 others were injured...
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. ...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured jeepney drivers who may be affected by the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) that they will be able to access the agency’s programs and services if necessary. The Assistance to Individuals in...
Over the course of the Jeepney Phaseout debate, there’s been several arguments both for and against that have continued to stoke the fires over whether it should push through or not. There have been many aired, but there’s one argument that’s frequently been shared when it comes to the plight...
