More than half of Filipinos expressed support for the government’s jeepney modernization program, according to the results of a Tangere survey released on Wednesday, March 22. In the latest Tangere survey conducted from March 7 to 10, it found that 53 percent of Filipinos approve of the...
The minimum fare for traditional jeepney may soon be back to P9 once the Department of Transportation (DOTr) gives the go-signal for its implementation through the Service Contracting Program. The P9 minimum fare for traditional jeepney before the Covid-19 pandemic was raised to P12 following the...
OF TREES AND FOREST Jeepneys are not just utilitarian modes of transportation for Filipinos. It is that, yes. They offer an affordable mode of transportation for students, workers and the general population that also supports the livelihood of thousands of drivers and independent operators. Back in...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Once again, the issue of the relevance of the iconic Philippines jeepney grabbed headlines and was trending in social media last week as organizations of jeepney drivers and operators called for a “Tigil Pasada.” This appeared to have been fueled by what one jeepney...
DRIVING THOUGHTS It has been a week of talk about the old and the modern jeepney and all the issues that come with the transition. We’ve heard the jeepney drivers, operators, and transport groups protest the planned phaseout of the jeepney with the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) which was...
There is no question about it, the jeepney is an icon that says “Pinoy” like no other symbol. Miniature jeepneys, like toys, are in department stores and souvenir shops and are popular with balikbayans and tourists because there’s nothing like it in other parts of the world. In the...
Over the past weeks, jeepney drivers, operators, and the government have been at odds over the planned Jeepney phaseout in favor of more modern public utility vehicles (PUVs). Originally conceived in 2017 and for implementation in 2020, the government initiative has been delayed numerous times...
HOTSPOT It is unconventional wisdom but governments, past and present, actually owe generations of jeepney drivers and operators a lot. The fact is, these family-run micro-enterprises have been the backbone of public transportation nationwide. Without them, there’s no mobility across the...
ILOILO CITY – Jeepney drivers and operators here received cash aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. A total of 500 jeepney drivers and operators belonging to the Western Visayas Transport Cooperative (WVTC) from various districts here...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, March 6, said that his cousin, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., was “sympathetic” to the plight of transport groups and jeepney drivers as they staged a protest against the government’s plan to modernize the traditional jeepneys. ...
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...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto said the government should look into the “catalogue of complaints" on the jeepney modernization. (MANILA BULLETIN) Recto, in a statement Wednesday, March 1, said the complaints ranging from "financing to roadworthiness to...
