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(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 […]
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 […]
(Eagle News) — Pinangangambahan ng maraming pasahero sa Metro Manila ang muling mai-stranded dahil sa strike ng transport group na Stop and Go Coalition. Ito’y bilang protesta sa planong jeepney phase-out ng gobyerno. Ayon kay Stop and Go Coalition president Jun Magno, bagaman wala ng makapipigil sa kanilang transport strike, bukas naman sila para sa isang dayalogo basta’t pakikinggan sila. Umaangal din aniya silang mga nasa transport sektor sa napaka-mahal na E-Jeepney na ipinapanukala ng […]
QUEZON City (Eagle News) — Several transport groups held a transport strike on Monday, July 17, prompting some schools to declare a suspension of classes. Jeepney drivers and operators marched from Elliptical Road in Quezon City to Mendiola in Manila, denouncing government plans to hold a phaseout of old jeepneys. Among the transport groups that joined the protest were the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON), No To Jeepney Phaseout Coalition, and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The transport group SM Malls Integrated Transport Terminals Federation announced that it would hold a transport strike tomorrow, June 2, in all terminals based in SM Malls. The transport strike is in answer to the move by the Supermalls Transport Service Incorporated of increasing its transport terminal rents by 100% despite the lack of agreement between the two groups. “We have been talking to the SMMITT officers since 2015 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
(Eagle News) –It was almost business as usual in the country despite the transport strike staged by several transport groups on Monday. Elvira Medina, National Council for Commuter Protection, said in an interview with CNN Philippines that while two places–Pedro Gil St. in Manila and Samson Road in Caloocan—were “affected” by the strike in Metro Manila, operations were “not paralyzed. She said the same was true in the provinces. “There are some (affected areas) in […]
(Eagle News) — Commuters will have to brace themselves on Monday, as transport groups are set to stage a strike in Metro Manila and in several provinces in protest of a looming jeepney phaseout. The Southern Police District’s public information office said in a statement that the rallyists are set to assemble at Monumento Circle at 6 a.m. on Monday, and in other “protest centers” around the city. The statement did not specify the other protest […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 20) – Jeepneys or Jeeps were originally used by American soldiers during the World War II as a military vehicle. As the war ended, Americans left it in the country and enterprising Filipinos modified it – allowing the lowly jeep to become the king of the road. The crowded seating was soon overshadowed by how it was artistically adorned – soon the jeep became an iconic representation of Filipino pop culture. Not […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Stop and Go Coalition of transport groups threatened to conduct another transport strike aiming to paralyze 80% of the public transport in Metro Manila. Stop and Go President Jun Magno defended the actions of the coalition, saying that the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) did not heed the coalition’s arguments during the dialogue held between transport groups and the LTFRB. https://youtu.be/Fz4GrZu1JeI
