Provincial bus operators are urging the government to allow them to use their terminals in Metro Manila to help accommodate the influx of commuters following the gradual reopening of the economy, and the holiday rush this Christmas season. A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and...
Passenger capacity of road-based public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Metro Manila will remain at 70 percent this holiday season, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking additional support from oil companies so they can chip into the “Pantawid Pasada program”, which subsidizes the fuel cost for the transport sector. The DOE initiative is on top of the P1-billion fuel subsidy released by the government to assist public...
While it recognized the plight of all public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers amid the pandemic and the hike in fuel prices, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said the government's fuel subsidy program is currently allocated for jeepney drivers only. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has started distributing some P1 billion worth of fuel subsidies to about 136,000 public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers in the country as part of the government's assistance program to the transport sector amid the continuous hike in...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transport Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to include public utility vehicles (PUV) drivers and operators in the government’s service contracting program. Hontiveros said that while she supports a...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is accepting anew applications for new transport network companies (TNCs) to invite "healthy competition" among market players. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In its Memorandum Circular 2021-066, the LTFRB lifted the moratorium on the...
Restrictions in public transport have further eased as the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) allowed the vulnerable population, including children and the elderly, to ride public utility vehicles (PUVs). (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In its Memorandum Circular No....
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is now looking to resume the 24-hour operations of public utility vehicles (PUVs), particularly passenger buses, in Metro Manila to cater to the expected influx of passengers with the lifting of curfew hours in the region. (Photo from Department of...
Passenger capacity in the rail and land-based public transportation services in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces is set to increase to 70 percent starting Thursday, Nov. 4. Passengers observe safe distancing as part of the COVID-19 preventive protocols inside the MRT. (Mark Balmores/ FILE PHOTO...
Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, October 31 lamented the government’s lack of proactive mechanisms to help public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers cope with the rising oil prices, saying she can only hope that the P1-billion promised cash assistance to the sector would materialize. Poe, who chairs the...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has appealed to oil companies to provide bigger fuel discounts for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers who are still reeling hard from the effects of the pandemic and the increasing pump prices. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
