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(Eagle News) — Wala nang makakapigil pa sa pagpapatupad ng jeepney modernization program ng pamahalaan. Sa economic briefing sa Malacañang, sinabi ni Transportation Assistant Secretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Mark De Leon na target ng pamahalaan na sa kalagitnaan ng taong 2020 ay phaseout na lahat ng mga lumang modelo ng jeepney sa buong bansa. Ayon kay Assistant Secretary De Leon, napasimulan na ang pagpasok ng mga modernong Public Utility Vehicle na papalit sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (Piston) is set to conduct another transport strike on Monday, March 19. The transport strike will be held in Novaliches, Cubao in Quezon City, Monumento in Caloocan City, Manila and Alabang, Muntinlupa as well as in Rizal, Cavite and Bulacan. Rallies will also be conducted in nearby provinces. The transport strike is said to be the continuation of […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several transport groups will start using new public utility jeeps within the next three months. According to the memorandum of agreement signed between the Department of Transportation and the transport groups, the latter promised to operate at least 3,000 modern public utility jeepneys under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program of the government. “Ang direksyon po ni Secretary Tugade ay mapabilis ang paglabas ng mga modern PUVs upang maiparanas […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ngayong tanghali ng panibagong protesta laban sa jeepney modernization program ng gobyerno ang transport group na Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON). Ayon kay Piston President George San Mateo, ang ikinasang pagkilos ng grupo ay hindi isang transport strike kundi isa lamang protest rally. Naniniwala si San Mateo na ang modernization program ng administrasyon ay paraan lamang upang kumita ang gobyerno. Iginiit ng lider ng […]
(Eagle News) – Nakalinya na ring ipagbawal sa mga kalsada ang pagbiyahe ng mga luma at napabayaang mga truck at bus. Ito ay kasunod ng pagsisimula ng bagong taon at inaasahang pag-arangkada na rin ng jeepney modernization program. Ayon kay Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Thomas Orbos, kasalukuyan nang nagsasagawa ng dayalogo ang kagawaran at ng mga truck owner at operators ng mga bus. Iginiit ni Orbos na tulad sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide will hold a transport strike on Monday (December 4, 2017) and Tuesday (December 5, 2017). This in response to the President’s announcement that old public utility jeepneys should be off the streets by January 2018. PISTON has said that the government’s modernization program was to the detriment of the country. “The jeepney phase out is just one way for […]
(Eagle News) — Modernize your vehicles by Jan. 1, 2018 or else. President Rodrigo Duterte had this to say to members of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide, who held a 2-day transport strike to protest the government’s jeepney modernization program. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Piston was the only transport group that did not support the government’s plan to phase out jeepneys at least 15 years old, and replace them […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday said the planned jeepney modernization program would continue despite the two-day nationwide strike declared by a militant transport group. According to Abella, the program, which will see jeepneys at least 15 years old phased out, was “long overdue,” after all. “There were several attempts in the past to modernize the public transport system but these have been thwarted due to similar transport strikes, which unfortunately resulted in an […]
(Eagle News) — Five of the major transport groups announced that they are not joining the jeepney strike on October 16 and 17 (Monday and Tuesday). These transport groups are the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP), Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO), Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators sa Pilipinas (LTOP), Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (ALTODAP), and Pangkalahatang Sanggunian Manila and Suburbs Drivers […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinagpaliban ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ang desisyon sa petisyon ng limang transport group na dagdagan ng dalawang piso ang minimum fare sa mga pampasaherong jeep. Ito ay matapos walang humarap na kinatawan ng commuters group sa naganap na pagdinig kamakailan. Binigyan naman ng pagkakataon ng LTFRB ang mga petitioner sa Oktubre 24 na ipaliwanag ang kanilang panig sa hiniling na dagdag-pasahe. Paliwanag naman ng mga transport group, bukod […]
(Eagle News) — Militant transport groups are set to hold another two-day transport strike next week in connection with their continuous protest of the government’s so-called jeepney modernization program. In a press conference, Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON) announced that the two-day transport strike is set on October 16-17. If this pushes through, this is their third strike for this year. PISTON National President George San Mateo said that aside from […]
