DAVAO CITY – Over 1,000 public utility vehicles (PUVs) here have stopped operating since the pandemic, contributing to the problem of mass transportation in this city, an official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)-Davao said. LTFRB-Davao Director Nonito A. Leanos...
A total of 753 units of passenger buses were given special permits to operate as thousands of people are expected to head back to their hometowns for the observation of the All Saints’ and All Souls Day next week, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Thursday,...
No commuters were stranded on the first day of strike by two major transport groups in Metro Manila and other parts of the country, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Monday, Sept. 23. LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadiz III said they have been monitoring the...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday, August 5 told the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Land Transportation and Franchise Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to stop pitting groups and instead review the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). Poe made the call after...
CEBU CITY – A group of transport operators here will hold a rally to oppose the planned suspension of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP). At least 22 transport cooperatives will join the rally on Monday, August 5. The rally will start with a march from Osmeña Boulevard and...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has asked the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to suspend the driver’s license of a jeepney driver who was accused of body-shaming his female passenger. LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadiz III said the request for the suspension of...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has committed to deploy what it described as sufficient number of its personnel amid the start of the crackdown on public utility vehicles (PUVs) that failed to consolidate into a corporation or cooperative as part of he modernization program. The...
Starting Thursday, May 16, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will start running after operators and drivers of passenger jeepneys and other public utility vehicles (PUVs) who failed to comply with the government’s regulation of consolidating into cooperative or...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-three percent of passenger jeepneys in Western Visayas have yet to comply with the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program. TRADITIONAL jeepneys continue to serve the riding public in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Land Transportation Franchising and...
CEBU CITY – A warning that fares for modern jeepneys would increase to as high as P40 once the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) is fully implemented is baseless, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-central Visayas (LTFRB-7) said. The LTFRB-7 was reacting...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) assured commuters that there is no basis to implement a fare hike as the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Programs (PUVMP) concluded the first phase of its implementation, which is the consolidation of operators...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is expecting at least 80 percent of passenger jeepneys nationwide to have complied after the April 30 deadline for their operators to consolidate into either a cooperative or a corporation. LTFRB chairperson Teofilo Guadiz III said...
