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...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) monitored around 500 rallyists and 151 passenger jeepneys during the conduct of the protest march on Tuesday, Jan. 16, against the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said they also...
The national government is ready to respond to any disruption of public transportation on Tuesday, Jan. 16, during the conduct of a transport strike and protest action by transport group Manibela from Quezon City to Manila. But Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Don Artes...
The National University (NU), on Tuesday, Jan. 16, will modify all classes to online synchronous learning in anticipation of a major transport protest. Photo from NU “Classes for NU Manila shall shift to remote synchronous learning due to the impending transport protest,” the university...
Transport group Manibela will be holding a transport strike on Tuesday, Jan, 16, as part of what it describes as a big protest march from Quezon City to Mendiola in Manila to call for the stop of the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) and the return of the...
CAVITE – The local government unit (LGU) of Bacoor facilitated the transfer of the first batch of informal settler families from Barangay Sinbanali to a new resettlement site in Barangay Molino II on Tuesday, January 9. Photo from City Government of Bacoor (MANILA BULLETIN) Through...
Who’s scared of the transport strikes? Certainly not Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Don Artes as he declared that the national government was ready to assist commuters even if transport strikes are held for a year. “We already reached a point that the government can...
The Philippine National Police Public (PNP) has prepared contingency measures to ensure peace order amid the extension of the transport strike to two more weeks in protest of the mandatory consolidation of jeepney drivers and operators into either a cooperative or a corporation. The Dec. 31...
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) on Sunday, Dec. 17, said it will extend the conduct of online classes and work-from-home arrangements for the remaining working days of 2023 due to the continuation of the transport strike. University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) On Dec.12, UPD...
A motorcycle rider received first aid from transport strikers after he fell off his bike in front of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) office in Quezon City, on Friday, Dec. 15. Photo courtesy to KABATAAN Partlist According to Anakbayan -Pasay Chairperson Wilbert...
For Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Don Artes, the national government has already reached a stage that it could no longer be held hostage by defiant groups through threats and holding of transport strikes. Artes made the statement as the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng...
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...
