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...
The iconic look of traditional public utility jeepneys (PUJs) must be kept in the ongoing and painstaking switch to modern jeep models. (MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee made this appeal to transportation agencies Thursday, March 9 during the House Committee on Transportation's...
The government would have to shell out P64.2 billion for the modernization of public utility jeepneys (PUJ) and UV Express (UVE) vans if the subsidy will be raised to P360,000 per unit. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was learned by congressmen Thursday, March 9 during a public briefing of...
CEBU CITY – Transportation was normal in Metro Cebu on Monday, March 6, as no transport group joined the nationwide week-long transport strike. Transport operations were normal throughout the day but some schools decided to suspend classes and shifted to online. The city government of Cebu also...
Provide ample assistance or "ayuda" first to drivers before phasing out old jeepneys. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda's appeal to the Marcos administration Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27 amid the move of the Land Transport Regulatory and Franchising Board...
ENGR. Eduardo Montealto (left), LTFRB-7 chief, awards a certificate of commendation to cabbie Antonio Tundag Jr. for returning a wallet containing P260,000 left in his taxi in Cebu City last month. (LTFRB-7 photo) CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) on Monday,...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) took back its statement regarding the granting of 100,000 slots of Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) to Grab Philippines. In a press briefing early this month, the LTFRB said the slots will be allocated to the Singaporean...
The government should loosen supply caps and drivers' onboarding requirements to come up with the 100,000 transport network vehicle services (TNVS) licenses needed to fill 2023's demand for rides. Grab Philippines Senior Director for Operations Ronald Roda made the statement during a presscon on...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has slammed the country’s transportation officials for "giving up" easily on the Libreng Sakay or free ride program, which will no longer resume this year contrary to earlier plans. (LTFRB) “I hope our transport executives were just joking when...
A group of digital advocates assailed on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the decision of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) granting 100,000 Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) slots to Grab Philippines. Digital Pinoys national campaigner Ronald Gustilo said the LTFRB...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has committed to assist small operators of traditional jeepneys in the government's public utility vehicle modernization program. LTFRB Technical Division chief Joel Bolano said the assistance ranges from setting up cooperatives and...
Amid continuous attempts to unseat it from power for good, the Philippines' "king of the road" lives on. This, after the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has decided to extend the validity of the franchise of the traditional jeepney amid calls to postpone the full...
