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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 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…