Archive of Transportation Sector

Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston, or Unity of Drivers’ and Operators’ Associations Nationwide) called for sustained protests leading up to a strike against the Marcos regime’s incompetence in addressing the crisis brought about by rising oil prices. “Enough is enough, we need to go on strike now!” the drivers shouted. […]

Nanawagan ang grupong Piston para sa tuluy-tuloy na protesta hanggang welga laban sa kainutilan ng rehimeng Marcos na apulain ang krisis na dulot ng pagtaas ng presyo ng langis. “Sobra na, tama na, welga na!” sigaw ng mga tsuper. “Ang kaya lang gawin ni Marcos ay makiusap sa Petron, Shell, at Caltex para sa ‘staggered’ […]

Consumers and passengers led by the Panay Consumers Alliance (PCA) picketed at Tagbak Terminal in Jaro District, Iloilo City on February 16. They condemned the transport crisis caused by the implementation of the jeepney phaseout veiled under the Public Transportation Modernization Program (PTMP) and the city’s Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP). According to the […]

Nagpiket ang mga konsyumer at pasahero sa pangunguna ng Panay Consumers Alliance (PCA) sa Tagbak Terminal sa Jaro District, Iloilo City noong Pebrero 16. Kinundena nila ang problema sa transportasyon na ibinunga ng pagpapatupad sa jeepney phaseout sa tabing ng Public Transportation Modernization Program (PTMP) at Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) ng syudad. Ayon […]

Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston, or Unity of Drivers’ and Operators’ Associations Nationwide) denounced the Land Transportation Franchise Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for its ongoing inspections supposedly to determine the “roadworthiness” of jeepney units, which in reality is tantamount to a phase-out. The group’s leaders met with agency officials on February […]

Mariing binatikos ng grupong Piston ang isinasagawang pag-iinspeksyon ng LTFRB para alamin diumano ang “roadworthiness” ng mga yunit ng dyip na sa totoo ay “phase out” ang katumbas. Noong Pebrero 19, hinarap ng mga lider ng grupo ang mga upisyal ng ahensya para ipaatras ang mga inspeksyon. “Ang ating posisyon: Katiyahan sa kabuhayan ang dapat […]

Piston Metro Baguio condemned on February 12 what it called the “shameless railroading” of Phase 2 of the bogus transport modernization program in the city. The program’s advance was pushed after local city officials, the Department of Transportation (DoTr), and the World Bank held a “coordination meeting” on February 5. “The so-called ‘coordination meeting’ was […]

Kinundena ng Piston Metro Baguio sa isang pahayag noong Pebrero 12 ang anito’y “garapalang pagratsada” ng Phase 2 ng huwad na programa sa modernisasyon ng transportasyon sa syudad. Isinulong ang pag-abante ng programa matapos isagawa ang isang “coordination meeting” na nilahukan ng mga lokal upisyal ng syudad, Department of Transportation (DoTr), at World Bank noong […]

Since January this year, the transport group Piston has conducted several mass filing or the simultaneous submission of documents to the LTFRB to secure provisional individual authority and registration for both unconsolidated and consolidated drivers and operators of traditional jeepneys. The group held the mass filings as a protest against the forced and failed consolidated […]

Mula Enero ngayong taon, sunud-sunod na nagsagawa ang grupong Piston ng mass filing o sabay-sabay na pagsusumite ng mga dokumento sa LTFRB para mabigyan ng probisyunal na indibidwal na awtoridad at rehistro ang kapwa ang mga di konsolidado at konsolidadong mga drayber at opereytor ng tradisyunal na dyip. Isinagawa ang mass filing bilang protesta sa […]