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  • The fight continues: PISTON successfully launched a nationwide strike

    The fight continues: PISTON successfully launched a nationwide strike

    PISTON launched a nationwide transport strike on November 20 to 22 to protest the ongoing implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). The strike came ahead of the December 31 deadline for the application for franchise consolidation. THE ISSUES Under the franchise consolidation requirement of the PUVMP, jeepney operators are being forced to…

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  • PISTON calls for a nationwide transport strike to protest the PUV Modernization Program

    PISTON calls for a nationwide transport strike to protest the PUV Modernization Program

    Transport group PISTON has called for a three-day nationwide transport strike starting Monday, November 20, to protest the government’s insistence on the December 31 deadline for the application for franchise consolidation under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). PISTON National President Mody Floranda said the group is dissatisfied with the recent proposed amendments to…

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  • Addressing mitigation measures in public transport in the Philippines & recommendations for a pro-people just transition

    Addressing mitigation measures in public transport in the Philippines & recommendations for a pro-people just transition

    (Disclaimer: This briefer on climate change, PUVMP, and just transition was presented by PISTON to the United Nations special rapporteur on the promotion of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, during his visit to the Philippines on November 7, 2023) Introduction In 2017, the Philippine government ratified the 2015 Paris Agreement…

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  • PISTON raises PUVMP, just transition concerns to UN special rapporteur

    PISTON raises PUVMP, just transition concerns to UN special rapporteur

    Transport group PISTON met with a United Nations special rapporteur on Tuesday to express its concerns about the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) and to propose a pro-people just transition for public transport in the Philippines. PISTON, along with environmental groups and other civil society organizations, was invited to a courtesy meeting by Ian…

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  • End oil deregulation as Israel-Palestine war stirs up oil price speculations — PISTON

    End oil deregulation as Israel-Palestine war stirs up oil price speculations — PISTON

    Transport group PISTON demands the Marcos Jr government to scrap the Oil Deregulation Law and urgently regulate fuel prices as oil companies and cartels could exploit the ongoing attacks waged by Israel on the Palestinian people to hike up oil prices. PISTON also calls on the Philippine government to denounce Israel and its number one…

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