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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the arrest of the operator of Dimple Star Transport, days after one of its buses fell into a cliff in Occidental Mindoro and left 19 dead. “Pinahuli ni (Duterte ang) operator and pinahuli niya ang lahat ng colorum,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. Go made the announcement as Duterte made an unannounced visit to the site of the incident on Tuesday. A picture […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Wednesday that it would issue a preventive suspension order on the bus company involved in the fatal accident in Occidental Mindoro. The LTFRB made the announcement as its personnel conducted an inspection of Dimple Star Transport in Edsa-Santolan, Quezon City. The personnel found some of the buses had overused tires. The Dimple Star Transport bus with plate number TYU 708 fell off a cliff near […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dalawampu’t limang libong (25,000) bagong partner drivers ang kailangan ng Uber-Philippines na accredited ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). Sa harap ito ng nagpapatuloy na pagtanggap ng aplikasyon para sa Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS). Sa ngayon, mayroong 10,000 partners ang Uber na may mga permit mula sa LTFRB. Sa tala, 300 application ang tinatanggap ng LTFRB araw- araw, pero balak pa itong itaas sa 500 araw-araw dahil […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Naghain ng petisyon ang mga bus operator kaugnay ng dagdag-pasahe, gayundin ng provisional hike, sakaling hindi pa maipatupad ang kanilang petisyon. Ang pitong pahinang joint petition ay inihain ng Southern Luzon Bus Operators Association, Nagkakaisang Samahan ng Nangangasiwa ng Panlalawigang Bus sa Pilipinas at ng Samahang Bus Transport Operators ng Pilipinas. Inihain nila ito sa Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), kasunod nang pagtaas ng presyo ng langis dahil […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinag-utos ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board na bigyan ng diskwento sa pasahe ng lahat ng mga public utility operators at drivers ang persons with disabilities. Batay sa inilabas na memorandum circular ng ahensya, marapat na pagkalooban ang PWDs ng 20 porsyentong fare discount sa mga public utility vehicle tulad ng jeepney, bus, taxi, UV express at maging Transport Network Vehicles Service. Kailangan lamang ipakita ng PWDs ang kanilang […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday asked the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to explain the “scientific basis” for its decision to limit to 47,500 the number of Transport Network Vehicle Service units in the country. “What’s the math used in this decision? What were the parameters used, like demand and supply?” Poe asked. She said the decision to limit the number of allowable units to 45,000 in Metro Manila, 500 in Metro […]
(Eagle News) –Aileen Lizada of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board announced on Friday that she has resigned as the agency’s spokesperson. Lizada, however, will remain a member of the board of the agency. Lizada did not give a reason for her resignation as spokesperson but Department of Transportation Undersecretary Tim Orbos said she would be focusing on her duties at the Inter-Agency Council on Traffic. She said that all questions should now be […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Muling nagbanta ng panibagong kilos protesta ang grupong Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON). Ayon kay PISTON National President George San Mateo, kakalampagin nila ang lahat ng tanggapan ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) sa buong bansa sa darating na Enero 24. Aniya, layon nitong ipakita ang kanilang mariing pagtutol sa public utility vehicle o PUV modernization program ng gobyerno. Kasabay nito, hihilingin din […]
(Eagle News) — Grab Philippines’ current fares are likely to stay the same until March even with the passage of the tax reform law. This is according to Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board member Aileen Lizada, who spoke to reporters in an ambush interview on Tuesday. “We have to clear, we have to set it for reading,” she said. She said the LTFRB will have to consult stakeholders first, including the National Economic Development […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) clarified that there is no increase yet in the minimum fare for public utility jeepneys (PUJ) This is despite the call of several transport groups to increase the PUJ’s minimum fare to Php 12 with the passage of the tax reform law. LTFRB spokesperson Atty. Eileen Lizada said that all increases in fare should follow the process because this will affect […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dumulog sa Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 1 ang may-ari ng jeep na bumangga sa isang bus na ikinasawi ng 20 tao. Ayon kay Ronald Dicusin, hiniram sa kanya ng driver ang jeep. Ipinaalam umano ng driver na pupunta sila ng kanyang mga kaanak sa Manaoag, Pangasinan. Nilinaw din ni Dicusin na hindi inarkila ang kanyang jeep at wala siyang tinanggap na bayad. Hindi naman ito pinaniniwalaan […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Tuesday ordered the suspension of seven Partas buses. This was after the company failed to give the agency the dash cam footage and Global Positioning System tracking data of the bus involved in the fatal road crash in Agoo, La Union on Monday, as requested by the agency. The footage and the tracking data were supposed to be used in the LTFRB’s investigation of […]
