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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…
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Ang Pasada Vol 1, Issue 1
Ang Pasada is the official quartely publication of PISTON. Read the 2023 1st Quarter issue of Ang Pasada
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PISTON presses LTFRB to drop jeepney phaseout deadline
Transport group PISTON called on the Land Transportation and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to suspend the full implementation of the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) which is set to phaseout traditional jeepneys that failed to comply with its requirements by April 2023. Mody Floranda, the national president of PISTON, said the implementation of the 2017 Department of…
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PISTON: Uphold the ‘public’ in public transportation, DOTr urged to rethink EDSA Carousel privatization
Transport group PISTON urges the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to rethink its plan to privatize the EDSA bus carousel next year, saying that privatization of public utilities does not guarantee efficiency, and in order to maximize private profits, often results in fare hikes. “Hinihikayat namin si Sec. Bautista na pag-isipan ito nang mabuti,” said Mody…