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(Eagle News) — There will be no number-coding scheme in place on Wednesday. In a Twitter post on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said this was to “help commuters that might be affected by the transport strike..” slated on that day. The MMDA was referring to the strike to be held by the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide. The strike was in protest of the “Tanggal Bulok, Tanggal Usok” campaign of the […]
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) — Malacanang on Tuesday belied a militant group’s claims the arrest of transport leader George San Mateo was a form of harassment. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the arrest was “pursuant to a warrant of arrest duly issued by a court and therefore there can be no harassment here.” “We are just allowing the rule of law to prevail,” he said. He said beforehand, San Mateo “was warned […]
(Eagle News) — The planned two-day nationwide strike of transport groups on Dec. 4 and 5 has been suspended. George San Mateo, national president of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide, said the cancellation was to give way to a Senate committee hearing on the Public Utility Vehicle modernization program on Thursday. He said a rally, however, would be held by his group and the No to Jeepney Phaseout Coalition in […]
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) — Classes at all levels have been suspended nationwide on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The suspension applies to all public and private schools, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said. Work in the Senate and in courts nationwide are also suspended on that day. The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide is set to hold another transport strike against the government’s planned jeepney modernization. The two-day strike began on Monday, Oct. 16.
(Eagle News) — Work in government offices on Tuesday, Oct. 17, has been suspended. It was Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea who made the announcement. The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide is set to hold a transport strike on its second day on that day.
(Eagle News) — Bayan Muna Party-List Representative Carlos Zarate on Monday blasted the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board for saying that based on reports, the two-day transport strike was part of a destabilization plot against the administration. “Sobra namang praning ng LTFRB at pati transport strike ay idadawit sa destabilisasyon. Bawal na bang ipaglaban ang kanilang hanapbuhay o magprotesta ang mga tsuper at operator laban sa martial law? Bawal na bang tutulan ang phase out […]
(Eagle News) – The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide has denied that the two-day transport strike it launched starting today, October 12, was part of a destabilization plot against the Duterte administration. Piston National President George San Mateo made the statement in response to a pronouncement made by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to that effect. According to San Mateo, the government only wants to divert the public’s attention from […]
(Eagle News) — Government work nationwide is suspended on Monday, October 16, 2017, because of the transport strike. According to the office of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, classes at all levels in both public and private schools will also be suspended on that day. “The private sector will not be covered (but this is subject to the discretion of employers),” he said. “As to suspension of government work, we shall issue the usual memorandum circular,” […]
DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur (Eagle News) – Sinuspende na ang klase ng ilang estudyante sa Davao City sa darating Lunes, Oktubre 16. Ayon kay Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, ang suspensyon ng klase mula kindergarten hanggang kolehiyo ay bilang pagrespeto ng lokal na pamahalaan sa transport strike. Kaugnay nito, magde-deploy rin ang lokal na pamahalaan ng mga bus para maayudahan ang mga pasahero. Pinaalalahanan naman ng alkalde ang sasali sa strike at mga protesta na tiyaking walang kaguluhang […]
