1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita (Facebook) 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita said that a modern jeepney might need to impose a minimum fare of P30 to P40 per passenger in order for a cooperative to pay off its loan for the vehicle. ...
CEBU CITY – A 31-year-old call center agent died while five others were injured when the modern public utility jeepney they were riding overturned on a highway in Barangay Basak, Mandaue City, Cebu on Tuesday night, November 14. Initial investigation showed that the fatality was a resident...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is urging the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), and other government financial institutions to streamline the overwhelming...
Starting Sunday, Oct. 8, the minimum fare for all passenger jeepneys across the country will increase by P1 following the approval of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) amid the series of oil price hikes in the past weeks. LTFRB chairperson Teofilo Guadiz III...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A transport cooperative here launched 10 additional modern jeepney units on Saturday, September 30. THE PN Roa Canitoan Transport Cooperative (Pontransco) launched 10 new modern jeeneys at the Amphitheater in Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City, on Saturday, September 30. (Franck...
CEBU CITY – An operator of modern jeepneys in Metro Cebu will suspend its operations for six months due to several “severe problems.” In a memorandum sent to its drivers and public assistance officers (PAOs) or conductors, Beep Cebu informed them that it will suspend operations starting...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has presented figures that should motivate anti-climate change crusaders to call for the production of cheaper modern jeepneys. In a statement Thursday afternoon, April 13, the economist-lawmaker...
THIRTY modern jeepneys for six routes were unveiled in Bacolod City on Monday, Jan. 23. (Photo courtesy of LTFRB-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY – Thirty modern jeepneys were launched by the United Negros Transport Cooperative (UNETCO) here on Monday, Jan. 23. UNETCO chairperson Romelie Soliguen,...
CEBU CITY -- Gearing up for the total phase out of traditional jeepneys, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday, March 29, launched more than a hundred of modernized jeepneys and premium taxis in Mandaue City. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri lamented on Friday, July 30, the "unnecessary" bureaucracy in the government's Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi lives inside his vehicle with his family after the lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic...
Twenty-three units of modern public utility jeepneys (PUJs) were launched on over the weekend by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Ilocos Norte to ply the Laoag City–Bacarra–Pasuquin route. (Photo from DOTr Secretary Art Tugade's Facebook) Transportation Secretary Arthur P....
