Tag: jeepney phase-out

PISTON nagsagawa rin ng transport strike sa Rizal

Ni Tristan Alcantara Eagle News Service ANGONO, Rizal (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng kilos-protesta ang Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON) ngayong araw, Lunes, Marso 19 sa Baytown, Angono, Rizal. Ang nasabing protesta ng naturang grupo ay upang  ipahayag ang kanilang pagtutol sa proyekto ng gobyerno na jeepney phase-out. Inihayag nila na kakaunti na ang mga jeepney na bumabyahe sa kasalukuyan dahil sa mahigpit na pag-iinspeksyon ng kanilang mga sasakyan sa pagpaparehistro. […]

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PISTON to hold 2-day transport strike next week

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 […]

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Transport groups to hold 2-day transport strike on Oct. 16-17

(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 […]

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Transport strike slated on Tuesday, September 26, called off

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Stop and Go coalition has called off a transport strike it was supposed to hold on Tuesday, September 26. Jun Magno, president of the transport group, made the announcement after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said that members of the group who participated on the first day of the transport strike on Monday, September 25, may face a suspension of their franchises. Atty. Aileen Lizada, LTFRB board […]

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Another jeepney transport strike set for Monday

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Public utility jeep drivers and operators are set to conduct another transport strike on Monday, May 22, to protest the plan of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to phase out and scrap old jeepneys. George San Mateo, president of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide, and Convenor of “No to Jeepney Phase-Out Coalition” (NJPOC), explained that although the government assured them there would be […]

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President Duterte willing to talk to those who joined transport strike

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to hear the drivers and operators’ concerns on the planned phaseout of old jeepneys by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). “The President has assured the workers’ group that he would be holding a separate meeting with jeepney drivers who joined a nationwide transport strike,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said. Abella said that there is no definite date yet for the planned dialogue. Drivers […]

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LTFRB mulls options vs groups who joined transport strike

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said it was already reviewing their options and the steps to be taken against transport groups who joined Monday’s strike. LTFRB spokesperson Aileen Lizada said the franchise given to operators is a privilege and may be cancelled if it is proven that the operators exercised abuse when they held the strike. https://youtu.be/Gms8ZoOGbaw

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Noise barrage protest isinagawa ng samahan ng mga jeepney driver

MUNTINLUPA, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng “Noise Barrage Protest” nitong Lunes, Pebrero 20, ang samahan ng mga jeepney drivers. Ito ay upang tuligsain ang plano ng gobyerno na jeepney phase out sa taong 2018. Ayon kay Mr. George San Mateo, Presidente ng Piston Land Transport, napakalaking epekto aniya nito hindi lamang sa mga jeepney driver kundi maging sa mga commuter. Sa darating na Biyernes, Pebrero 24, 10:00 ng umaga ay magkakaroon ng Press […]

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