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DELAY JEEPNEY PHASEOUT PLAN, SAYS PADILLA

The health and livelihood of jeepney drivers should be the main consideration in implementing the jeepney modernization program. On this note, Senator Robin Padilla supported Senator Grace Poe’s call to delay the phasing out of traditional jeepneys so jeepney drivers will not lose their livelihood. “Ang tanong po, handa na po ba talaga ang ating […]

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ESCUDERO TO GOV’T: REVIEW JEEPNEY PHASEOUT PLAN

Senator Chiz Escudero called on the government to review its Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program, saying it was “hastily planned, haphazardly implemented and offered no safety nets whatsoever to the drivers and operators”. Escudero made the call, in support of the resolution filed by Senator Grace Poe urging the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory […]