The Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) urged the government to be fair and careful in its plan to temporarily lower public utility vehicle fares using the service contracting budget this while enjoining the state to cover even traditional jeepneys.
Jeepney and UV Express operators ended their planned week-long transport strike against the phaseout of traditional public utility vehicles after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. agreed to study the revision of the highly controversial PUV modernization program.
Days before their planned nationwide transport strike, a progressive transport group challenged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to immediately junk the government s order forcing individual franchise holders to consolidate a move effectively banning traditional jeeps and UV Expresses from operating starting 2024.
Transport groups will hold a week-long strike affecting jeepney and UV Express vehicles starting next week in their bid to convince the Land Transportation, Franchising and Regulatory Board to shelve the public utility vehicle modernization program.
Operators of traditional jeepneys, UV Express and multicabs will no longer be allowed to operate after June 30, unless they join a cooperative or a corporation, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board announced yesterday.