Amid the rush of people to go to their hometowns for the long Lenten break, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) warned public utility vehicle (PUV) companies to observe laws and other regulations pertaining to safe public transport. LTFRB Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III...
Government agencies are being urged to find remedies that could help cushion the oil price impact on consumers, especially the public transport sector, as petroleum products are anticipated to go back to their upward price trend. Senate Committee on Energy Vice Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian, noted...
The minimum fare for traditional jeepney may soon be back to P9 once the Department of Transportation (DOTr) gives the go-signal for its implementation through the Service Contracting Program. The P9 minimum fare for traditional jeepney before the Covid-19 pandemic was raised to P12 following the...
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...
The iconic look of traditional public utility jeepneys (PUJs) must be kept in the ongoing and painstaking switch to modern jeep models. (MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee made this appeal to transportation agencies Thursday, March 9 during the House Committee on Transportation's...
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...
Provide ample assistance or "ayuda" first to drivers before phasing out old jeepneys. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda's appeal to the Marcos administration Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27 amid the move of the Land Transport Regulatory and Franchising Board...
ENGR. Eduardo Montealto (left), LTFRB-7 chief, awards a certificate of commendation to cabbie Antonio Tundag Jr. for returning a wallet containing P260,000 left in his taxi in Cebu City last month. (LTFRB-7 photo) CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) on Monday,...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) took back its statement regarding the granting of 100,000 slots of Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) to Grab Philippines. In a press briefing early this month, the LTFRB said the slots will be allocated to the Singaporean...
The government should loosen supply caps and drivers' onboarding requirements to come up with the 100,000 transport network vehicle services (TNVS) licenses needed to fill 2023's demand for rides. Grab Philippines Senior Director for Operations Ronald Roda made the statement during a presscon on...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has slammed the country’s transportation officials for "giving up" easily on the Libreng Sakay or free ride program, which will no longer resume this year contrary to earlier plans. (LTFRB) “I hope our transport executives were just joking when...
