Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, May 2 urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to work with Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to procure modern private utility vehicles (PUVs). These PUVs, the senator said, can be leased to...
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...
For Sen. Grace Poe, the continued conduct of transport strikes is an indication of a still unsettled issue in the transport sector. Activist groups together with jeepney drivers post placards during the first day of transport strike against the government's public utility vehicle (PUV)...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is calling on the Supreme Court (SC) to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program...
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) Senator Imee Marcos is urging the government to find “concrete” solutions to the issues currently hounding the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). “Alam naman natin malawakang problema ito… yung mga...
Government agencies are now preparing for the scheduled tansport strike by two major transport groups in protest of President Marcos’s decision not to extend the April 30 deadline for consolidation of all public utility vehicle operators to give way to the modernization program. On the part of...
President Marcos announced that he would no longer be allowing an extension of the franchise consolidation under the government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), saying it is vital in the country's efforts to ease the traffic in Metro Manila. File photos Marcos said this as he...
President Marcos’ decision to extend the consolidation deadline for public utility vehicles (PUV) is paying off as the consolidation rate across the country has already reached 80 percent, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Saturday, March 9. In Metro Manila...
Modernizing the country’s public transport system means drivers must also leave behind their old ways of plying the roads and be more disciplined when driving, President Marcos said as he stressed the importance of the country’s jeepney modernization program. (File Photo / MANILA...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) clarified on Thursday, Feb. 8, that traditional jeepneys can still ply their routes after the April 30 deadline of the franchise consolidation, as long as the drivers...
The Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), which started in June 2017, is a comprehensive plan of the national government aimed at transforming the public transportation in the Philippines into reliable, climate-friendly and at par with global standards in ensuring the safety and...
Operators of passenger jeepneys and other public utility vehicles (PUV) who failed to meet the Dec. 31 deadline for consolidation will be allowed to operate until April 30 this year as part of the three-month extension approved by President Marcos. But LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadiz III was quick to...
