The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has allowed public utility vehicles (PUVs) that failed to consolidate into either a cooperative or corporation after the Dec. 31 deadline will be allowed to operate until Jan. 31 next year. Under LTFRB Memorandum Circular 2023-052,...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is now working with local government units (LGUs) across the country in laying down the necessary measures to assist commuters as the government shifts to the next phase of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP)...
Over the course of the Jeepney Phaseout debate, there’s been several arguments both for and against that have continued to stoke the fires over whether it should push through or not. There have been many aired, but there’s one argument that’s frequently been shared when it comes to the plight...
CEBU CITY – The province of Bohol took a major step towards becoming the first province to have a Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) that is compliant with the new rules and regulations of the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program. The Provincial Development Council...
Top officials of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) have agreed to the request of the protesting transport group to allow the rehabilitation of traditional jeepneys in a bid to show that the government is not working for an immediate phaseout of jeepneys after the Dec....
Priority lanes will be open for the remaining drivers and operators who have not yet consolidated into either a corporation or cooperative as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) stood by its decision not to extend the Dec. 31 deadline. The DOTr’s stand was echoed by President Marcos who said...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Jeepney operators in this city have no choice but to surrender their franchises and be consolidated into a cooperative or corporation due to lack of time as the government is not extending the deadline for franchise consolidation on December 31. Joel Gabatan, president of...
An estimated 2,000 jeepney operators and drivers in Pasig City will join the transport strike to be staged by the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) on Dec. 14 to 15 in protest of the Dec. 31 deadline for the public utility vehicle (PUV) consolidation given to...
A total of 135,761 units of jeepneys, buses and other public utility vehicles (PUV) have so far consolidated into either a corporation or a cooperative as part of the requirements for the PUV Modernization Program. The figure represents around 61 percent of the total number of units in the...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, December 12 renewed her call for the government to review the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) noting that it lacks safety nets for drivers and operators who will bear the brunt of the December 31 consolidation deadline. Poe,...
President Marcos announced that the deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUV) operators will not be extended. Marcos said the government has decided not to extend the deadline of consolidation as 70 percent of all operators in the country have complied with the requirements to...
When the national government announced the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) in 2019, the group of jeepney transport leader Rommel Odevilas immediately signed up in the hope that it would fulfill the promise of a better life for the operators and drivers of their association...
