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 […]