Archive of Transportation Sector

Various groups’ grievances and complaints compelled the Marcos regime to withdraw its plan to enforce additional burdensome fines and use of RFID on expressways in Metro Manila. The plan involved imposing fines on motorists without RFID devices and sufficient load balance when using expressways by August 31. Implementation was pushed back to October 31. RFID, […]

Napaatras dahil sa hinaing at reklamo ng iba’t ibang mga grupo ang plano ng rehimeng Marcos na magpataw ng dagdag pahirap na multa at sapilitang paggamit ng RFID sa mga expressway sa Metro Manila. Ipatutupad sana nito ang multa sa mga motoristang walang “RFID device” at sapat na load na bumabyahe sa mga expressway sa […]

Mody Floranda, Piston president and Makabayan senatorial candidate, went to the office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to pass a petition with the signatures of 1,000 drivers who want to withdraw from the consolidated franchises they were forced to enter. “This is proof that the LTFRB’s claim of an 80% consolidation […]

Nagtungo si Mody Floranda, presidente ng Piston at kandidato pagkasenador ng Makabayan, sa upisina ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) para ipasa ang isang petisyon na may pirma ng 1,000 drayber na nais umatras sa mga konsolidadong prangkisa na napwersa silang pasukin. “Patunay ito na walang saysay ang sinasabi ng LTFRB na 80% […]

Muling binatikos ng mga tsuper at opereytor ng tradisyunal na mga dyip ang bogus at mapanlinlang na datos ng rehimeng Marcos na “mayorya” o 80% na ang pumaloob sa programang Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (ngayo’y Public Transport Modernization Program o PTMP). Ipinahayag nila ito kasunod ng pagdadahilan ni Sen. Risa Hontiveros, lider ng Akbayan […]

Ordinary drivers and jeepney operators launched a 3-day transport strike again in Metro Manila against the anti-poor and pro-foreign Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program, now Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) of the Marcos regime. The strike was launched yesterday, August 14, and will last until tomorrow, August 16. It was led by the Pagkakaisa ng […]

Muling naglunsad ng 3-araw na tigil pasada sa Metro Manila ang karaniwang tsuper at opereytor ng dyip laban sa kontra-mahirap at makadayuhang Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program, ngayo’y Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) ng rehimeng Marcos. Sinimulan ito kahapon, Agosto 14, at tatagal hanggang bukas, Agosto 16. Pinangunahan ito ng Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng […]

Jeepney drivers and operators who ply within the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman held a transport strike on August 1 to oppose the entry of an e-jeepney cooperative that will steal the traditional jeepneys’ route in the campus. The UP Transport Group led the action, and was supported by students, teachers, and university workers and […]

Nagsagawa ng tigil-pasada ang mga tsuper at opereytor ng dyip na bumibyahe sa loob ng University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman noong Agosto 1 para tutulan ang pagpasok ng kooperatiba ng e-jeepney na aagaw sa ruta ng mga tradisyunal na dyip sa kampus. Pinangunahan ang pagkilos ng UP Transport Group, sa suporta ng mga estudyante, guro, […]

Piston welcomed the Senate resolution this week which called for the suspension of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) that pushed for the jeepney phaseout. “This is one of the many results of the long-running struggle of Piston and the masses of drivers and operators for the scrapping of the bogus and failed pro-business […]