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GIVE TRANSPORT COOPS FUNDS TO MODERNIZE – ZUBIRI

Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri outlined legislative plans for the transport cooperative sector at the 1st Mindanao Transport Cooperative Congress, putting particular emphasis on cutting down red tape for loans and setting up a modernization loan fund for transport cooperatives. Zubiri, who chairs the Senate Committee on Cooperatives, was a guest speaker at the 1st […]

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GATCHALIAN TO DOTr: REVISIT PUV MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to go back to the drawing board and revisit its public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) amid its lukewarm reception from a majority of transport groups. Gatchalian, chairman of the Committee on Finance (Subcommittee E), made the call when he presided over the hearing of […]

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HINDUJA GROUP TO MANUFACTURE BUSES FOR PH PUV MODERNIZATION PROGRAM – LOPEZ

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez has committed to help the Hinduja Group of Companies find a local partner for their plan to manufacture buses for the Philippines government’s Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program, should they decide on a partnership model for the business venture. In a meeting with DTI recently, […]