Traditional jeepneys (MANILA BULLETIN) A recently filed bill in the 19th Congress seeks an across-the-board, 20 percent discount to indigent public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers on the payment of fees and other requirements needed in securing a professional driver’s license. Davao City 1st...
Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC), one of the pioneer providers of modern public utility vehicles (PUV) in the country, presented its new PUV Class 2 design to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) at the LTFRB NCR Office last...
COTABATO CITY – A dispatcher tested positive for shabu during a random drug test conducted on Maundy Thursday by authorities on more than 100 Public Utility Vehicle drivers, conductors, and dispatchers in a public terminal here. Christian Fivaldo, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers' daily earnings won't get reduced as a result of the implementation of the government-subsidized nationwide fare discount. Drivers United for Mass Progress and Equal Rights-Philippine Taxi Drivers Association (DUMPER-PTDA) Rep. Claudine Bautista-Lim made this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
PUBLIC utility vehicle drivers in Zamboanga City undergo a surprise random drug test from the Land Transportation Office and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. (PDEA photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five public utility vehicle drivers tested positive for illegal drugs in a random drug test...
The P500-million increase in the 2023 budget for direct fuel subsidies or "ayuda" to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers will help the government cope with uncertainties in the world oil market. (MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo of the House Committee on Appropriations...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is pushing to institutionalize the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) to make transport modernization a conventional project in the country. Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon City are forced to wait in line after public...
