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By Faith Brown and Allison Jackson MANILA, April 26, 2024 (AFP) – The first jeepneys rolled onto the streets of the Philippines just after World War II — noisy, smoke-belching vehicles initially made from leftover US Jeeps that became a national symbol. Seven decades later, the colourfully decorated vehicles face an existential threat from a plan to replace them with modern mini-buses. Easy to fix and cheap to ride, the vehicles grew in size and […]
(Eagle News) — Around 78,000 jeepney operators can now benefit from the government’s P7,200 one-time fuel subsidy, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said. According to the LTFRB, the 78,000 operators received their subsidy from the government this week. They’re a portion of the 136,000 public utility jeepney (PUJ) operators or franchise holders qualified under the Fuel Subsidy program launched by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has opened an additional ten routes for traditional public utility jeepneys in Metro Manila. In a statement, the LTFRB said the following routes will be opened starting Wednesday, Sept. 9, based on Memorandum Circular 2020-043: T138 EDSA/North Ave. – Quezon City Hall T139 Marcos Ave. – Quirino Highway via Tandang Sora T340 Dapitan – Libertad via L. Guinto T341 Divisoria – Retiro via JA Santos T342 Divisoria […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation is pushing for the urgent passage of the proposed Philippine Economic Stimulus Act of 2020 to help workers, including those in the transport sector, affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. According to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, the economic stimulus package will be of great help to stakeholders such as PUV drivers and operators, airline employees, maritime workers, and airline as well as shipping companies, who were the hardest hit […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo started his “commute challenge” as he took an early morning jeepney ride on his way to Malacanang on Friday, October 11. In photos sent thru Viber, Panelo can be seen wearing a white polo and matching white cap, as he rode a jeepney. The other passengers sitting inside can also be seen in one of the photos, apparently a selfie shot. In one photo, he also took […]
(Eagle News)—The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board will summon the driver of the jeep that collided with a bus on the southbound lane of Edsa that injured at least 12 on Sunday, Feb. 10. In a statement, the LTFRB said it would issue the show-cause order against Ignacio Cadayday. Cadayday, according to traffic investigators crossed the intersection coming from East Ave. to Edsa in Quezon City even with the yellow traffic light on, causing it […]
(Eagle News) — Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) chair Martin Delgra said the fare increase that is set for implementation on the first week of November could possibly be delayed. “There’s a possibility,” LTFRB chairman Martin Delgra said when asked about this during in a press briefing in Malacañang. This was after a commuters’ group filed a petition seeking the suspension of the P1.00 fare hike sought by jeepney and bus operators. The […]
(Eagle News)–Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Sunday, June 17, stood firm on the Department of Transportation’s plan to modernize public utility vehicles. In a statement, Tugade said “we cannot delay nor deny the public of their right to convenient, affordable and roadworthy mass transport.” “Mag rally sila kung gusto nila. Sunugin nila effigy ko kung gusto nila,” he said. “But I will insist on the PUV modernization program,” he added. Militant transport groups such as the […]
AGOO, La Union (Eagle News) – Twenty people, including children, from the same extended family and neighborhood on board a jeepney were killed early Monday, December 25, in a head-on bus collision while travelling to Catholic dawn church service in Agoo, La Union province, police said. Their vehicle, a private Isuzu jeepney, was reportedly on its way to Manaoag when the accident happened around 3:30 a.m. Monday. The dead included six children. A report by […]
METRO MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Tiwala ang grupong Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators sa Pilipinas (LTOP) na napapanahon na para ipatupad ang modernisasyon sa sektor ng mass transit sa Pilipinas. Kasabay nito, sinabi ni LTOP President Orlando Marquez na hindi sila lalahok sa ikinasang dalawang araw na tigil-pasada ng grupong Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) sa susunod na linggo. Ayon kay Marquez, hindi nauunawaang mabuti ni PISTON President George San […]
(Eagle News) — Inihirit ng limang transport group sa Land Trasportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ang dagdag-singil sa pasahe ng jeep. Hiling ng grupo, na mula sa otso (8) pesos ay gawing sampung piso ang minimum jeepney fare, kasabay ito ng pagtaas sa presyo ng gasolina. Kabilang sa mga nagpetisyon sa taas-pasahe ay ang Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association Of The Philippines (FEJODAP), Alliance of Concerned Transport Organization (ACTO), Liga ng Transport […]
(Eagle News) — Five transport groups are seeking a P2 increase in fare in Metro Manila and Regions 3 and 4. The Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines, Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations, Liga ng Transport Operator ng Pilipinas, Alliance Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines, and Pangkalahatang Sanggunian Manila and Suburbs Drivers Association filed their petition for the proposed P10 fare for the first four kilometers before the […]
