Luv Express News Today

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 governments 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.

SPECIAL OPERATION. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) enforcers holding roses surprise unsuspecting motorists during traffic stops on Tuesday (Feb. 14, 2023). LTFRB chair Teofilo Guadiz III said the special operation in celebration of Valentine's Day aims to lighten the mood of commuters. (Photo courtesy of LTFRB) MANILA - Passengers in the National Capital Region (NCR) received roses from personnel of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in celebration of Valent...

Pondicherry: The Puducherry Government has not yet given permission for the luxury cruise liner MV Empress, operated by Cordelia Cruises, to dock at its port on June 10 over the controversy surrounding it. It may be recollected that in October 2021, the Cordelia cruise was in the news after 14 people were booked and eight on board were arrested by NCB in a drug raid case in

Edsa Busway (PNA photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - Commuters nationwide will soon enjoy free rides aboard different public utility vehicles (PUV) this week with the rollout of the Service Contracting Program (SCP) in other parts of the country. In a Laging Handa briefing on Monday, DOTr Undersecretary Mark Steven Pastor said the free ride program -- implemented as part of the SCP -- has already begun at the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa) Busway and will be expanded to several other land trans...

(PNA File Photo) MANILA - The government cannot tell Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators to wait after elections before they get their cash aid from the government, Senator Grace Poe said on Monday. "Hunger simply cannot wait," she said in a statement. Poe was referring to the cash subsidy distribution being implemented by the Land Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for 377,000 PUV drivers and operators affected by the succeeding oil price hikes. She said not even ...

(File photo) MANILA - Around 115,000 drivers of public utility vehicles (PUV) have received their one-time PHP6,500 fuel subsidy from the government, an official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Wednesday. In a Laging Handa briefing, Zona Russet Tamayo, regional director of the LTFRB - National Capital Region (NCR), said the funds were distributed through cash cards provided by the Landbank of the Philippines (LBP). "Patuloy na ho na nag-i-imprint ...