Transport crisis
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SONA 2024: A road to nowhere for Filipino transport workers and commuters
In his third SONA, Marcos Jr once again failed to address the plight of thousands of jeepney drivers and small operators being displaced by his regime’s public transport modernization program. His transport policies have always prioritized big-ticket infrastructure projects injected with massive foreign debt and only serving as milking cow for his cronies salivating to…
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PISTON gears up for franchise consolidation deadline, Labor Day with another strike
Progressive transport group PISTON has announced plans to push back against the end-of-month franchise consolidation deadline with another transport strike scheduled to begin on April 29 and will lead up to Labor Day on May 1. “The Marcos regime’s disregard for the long-standing plea of drivers and operators to scrap forced franchise consolidation blatantly jeopardizes…
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Marcos ChaCha will not solve transport woes — PISTON
Transport group PISTON denounces legislative efforts to amend economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution, saying that charter change will not solve poverty nor improve the state of public transport. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Jan. 4 filed Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 seeking to relax foreign ownership restrictions on certain economic provisions, including…
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Amid heating Marcos-Duterte clash, transport workers continue to push back against PUVMP — PISTON
Transport group PISTON said the escalating feud between the Marcos faction and the Duterte faction, the two current dominant forces in the government, should not distract from their accountability for the plight of Filipinos, especially informal transport workers. Duterte and his allies notoriously pushed for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program, or PUVMP, during his…
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Over 500 NCR PUV routes face loss of jeepneys, UVEs by Feb 1, enough to cause a public transport disaster — PISTON
PISTON expresses its concerns about the massive job losses and the disruption of public transport that may arise after January 31, when unconsolidated public utility vehicles will no longer be allowed to operate. Data from the LTFRB shows that most of the jeepney and UV Express routes in Metro Manila will be affected by the…