Cebu drivers protest reduction of flagdown rate

By: Edison Delos Angeles March 16,2016 - 11:14 AM

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Drivers carried placards calling for the “immediate resignation” of LTFRB chair Winston Gines. (CDN PHOTO/TONEE DESPOJO)

More than 100 taxi units blocked a portion of L. Briones Street in front of the Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) to protest the reduction of their flagdown rates.

Some drivers carried placards, calling for the “immediate resignation” of LTFRB chair Winston Gines.

“We were asked by our operator to join the protest then we can resume driving our units tomorrow,” said one taxi driver who did not want to be named.

Drivers started to gather in the area about 9 a.m. and occupied the northbound lane of L. Briones Street, obstructing the flow of traffic in the area.

Slow moving traffic was also seen on the road’s southbound lane.

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100 taxi units blocked a portion of L. Briones Street in front of LTFRB 7 office. (CDN PHOTO/ EDISON DELOS ANGELES)

 

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