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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 11) — The group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) will hold another nationwide transport strike on Dec. 14 and 15. This is to continue protesting the government's public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program, particularly the franchise consolidation deadline.
MANILA, Philippines — Transport groups have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to finally rule on the petition against the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) even as the two-day strike starts today and the consolidation deadline set by the government ends on April 30.
MANILA, Philippines — Amid the impending crackdown on traditional jeepneys, drivers and operators are planning to hold a transport strike in Metro Manila as the deadline set by the government to comply with the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) ends on April 30.
TRANSPORT groups yesterday told lawmakers that some field officers of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) are still apprehending and impounding unconsolidated traditional jeepneys despite President Marcos Jr.’s order for a three-month extension in the implementation of the government’s Passenger Utility Vehicle (PUV) modernization program.
WITH the deadline for franchise consolidation just around the corner, transport groups yesterday pressed the Supreme Court to issue an immediate injunction to temporarily stop the implementation of the controversial Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) being led by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Department of Transportation.
MANILA, Philippines — Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor Mendoza II met yesterday with the agency’s regional directors ahead of the crackdown against colorum public utility jeepneys (PUJs) starting on Feb. 1.
MANILA, Philippines — The transport groups Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) and Manibela are planning another transport strike 11 days before the threat of a crackdown on unconsolidated public utility jeepneys (PUJs).
MANILA, Philippines — There will be no suspension of classes, work and number coding during the transport protest that groups opposed to the government’s public transportation modernization scheme will hold today, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced.
MANILA, Philippines — More protest actions will be held after the deadline on the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUVs) ended on Dec. 31, transport group Manibela vowed on Monday.