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PISTON tells VP Sara: Red-tagging won’t solve transport crisis
Transport group PISTON said no amount of red-tagging from the administration will address the transport woes associated with the PUV Modernization Program. The group decried Vice-President Sara Duterte’s remarks calling the upcoming transport strike “communist-inspired” and an interference to education. PISTON national president Mody Floranda said “Iniiwasan ni Inday Sara at ng buong administrasyong Marcos…
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PISTON calls for a nationwide transport strike
Transport group PISTON announces it will be part of the nationwide transport strike against the PUV phaseout and the policies of the government’s PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) that will commence on Monday, March 6, 2023. “Hindi sapat ang puro extension. Hindi puwedeng hayaang i-masaker ang prangkisa ng mga indibidwal na operator para i-monopolyo ng malalaking…
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PISTON reminds Marcos Jr: Anti-poor, self-serving policies cause the poor to suffer, not transport strikes
In response to Marcos Jr’s remark that the planned transport strike against the PUV phaseout will cause more suffering to the people, transport group PISTON said if the president is genuinely sincere on people’s welfare, his government should immediately act on junking the full implementation of the PUV Modernization Program, Oil Deregulation Law, and other…
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PISTON ready to back planned transport strike against PUV phaseout, compulsory franchise consolidation
Transport group PISTON said it is ready to support the planned transport strike led by various transport groups if the government will continue coercing small-time PUV operators to consolidate their individual franchises and ignore the growing demand for the suspension of the entire PUV Modernization Program. In a press conference on Monday, Manibela and other…
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Stop and revise the PUVMP: PISTON demands DOTr, LTFRB amid new phaseout deadline
Transport group PISTON calls out the government for dwelling on the current schemes of the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) and jeepney phaseout, despite continuous clamor against it, by coming up with a new deadline for the consolidation of PUV franchises instead of halting the entire program altogether and coming up with better and more just…