Piston urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to immediately release the memorandum it promised to allow registration renewal for unconsolidated public utility vehicles (PUVs), warning that the continued delay is already disrupting drivers’ livelihoods. The DOTr assured the group earlier this month that it would issue a memorandum after the Holy Week break, allowing the…
Piston announced plans to hold a series of protests beginning today, April 7, until the Department of Transportation (DOTr) addresses its demands from a March 21 dialogue. “We gave the new DOTr administration a chance to enact policies that favor small operators and drivers. We extended that window until April 4. Now it’s time to…
Piston directly challenged Department of Transportation (DOTr) secretary Vince Dizon regarding the disastrous Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP). In a dialogue held on Monday, March 21, Piston national president and Makabayan senatorial candidate Mody Floranda alongside Piston regional leaders presented how the PTMP has been bankrupting drivers and operators, devastating families, and crippling the public…
Piston raises concern about the Philippine government’s latest appointment of former Duterte aide Vince Dizon as Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) under the Marcos Jr. administration. Dizon, a key architect of the Duterte regime’s Build Build Build program and former CEO of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), carries a notorious record…
Piston continues to condemn the Oil Deregulation Law (Republic Act 8479), blaming it for continuously crippling the income and livelihoods of drivers and consumers. The law, enacted 27 years ago on Feb. 10, 1998 to liberalize the oil industry, has left drivers and consumers at the mercy of volatile global oil markets and unchecked corporate…