Puv Modernization News Today

AN OFFICIAL from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-Davao Region (LTFRB-Davao) said that since April 30, the deadline for consolidating public utility vehicles (PUV), around 630,000 public utility jeepneys (PUJ) units in the region have joined cooperatives.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the recommendation of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista to give unconsolidated jeepneys three more months to join or put up transportation cooperatives or corporations, the Presidential Communications Office said Wednesday.

Japanese company Toyota Motor Corp. has pledged to invest P1.1 billion to the country's Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) modernization program, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Friday.

The December 31, 2023 deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUVs) operators will stay and no extension will be given, said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.

“One of the things that this crisis has taught us is that mass transport options like jeepneys and buses are essential in our transport system," TPF Convenor Primo Morillo said in the statement. 

PUV modernization program starts in Samal