Putting the brakes on fare rate hikes

Editorial 05/23/2018

A transport fare increase may be unavoidable, but it can be negotiated and that’s where the commuters should actively make their sentiments known amid plans by transport groups to raise fare rates in Metro Cebu by P10…

Piston, some drivers say no to fare hike

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/22/2018

CESAR Escolar, 57, patiently waited for passengers to fill all the 24 seating spaces in his jeepney. Escobar needed to carry as many passengers as he could to have a decent earning for the day especially that…

Citrasco files for P3.50 fare hike

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 02/10/2018

COMMUTERS, be ready with your extra coins when you take a ride on Public Utility Vehicles (PUV) in the coming days. This after the Cebu Integrated Transport Cooperative (Citrasco) is set to file on Friday a petition…

Unavoidable fare rate hike

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 02/08/2018

With fuel prices in the country on the rise regardless of the oil price fluctuations in the global market — and it may even worsen depending on world fuel prices — due to the government’s controversial Tax…

PUJ group asks for P10 minimum fare

Futch Anthony Inso 02/07/2018

AMID the continued increase in fuel prices, the Cebu Integrated Transport Cooperative (Citrasco) has decided to petition for a P 3.50 fare hike. Citrasco’s original plan was to ask for a P12.50 minimum fare for jeepneys but…

Sen. Angara opts for PUJ modernization rather than fare hike

Inquirer.net, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/01/2018

Instead of demanding a fare hike, Sen. Sonny Angara is suggesting for a modernization of public utility jeepneys (PUJs) as means to cushion the impact of oil price increase following the passage of the Tax Reform Acceleration…

CEBU BUS FARE INCREASE LOOMS

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Morexette B. Erram 01/15/2018

TRAIN LAW EFFECT There are many travel options for anyone bound for San Remigio, a third-class town 80 kilometers northwest of Cebu City, For Riva Masbate, taking the bus is the most budget-friendly. But the weekly trip…

A Michelin Star-inspired holiday fare at Pig & Palm

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 12/08/2017

MICHELIN-starred British celebrity chef Jason Atherton’s restaurant Pig & Palm is raising the bar on dining in Cebu City. The 16th restaurant worldwide of critically acclaimed The Social Company Group, The Pig & Palm, a “love letter” of…

New taxi fare rates can’t be implemented yet, says Cuizon

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/02/2017

Taxi commuters will continue to enjoy the current fare rates for at least a few weeks as the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has yet to issue a memorandum on the fare increase. LTFRB-7 director…

New taxi fare scheme to congest roads

NESTOR B. RAMIREZ 10/17/2017

The impending implementation of the new taxi fare formula approved by the Land Transformation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) would definitely make taxi operators and drivers triumphant, but regulators failed to consider its effect to the riding…

Raising taxi fare rates

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 10/05/2017

Don’t you just hate it when people try to exploit you after learning you had a windfall or a bonus, like they were sharks or some such predatory animal surrounding you after smelling blood oozing from your…

Taxi fare increase

Chris A. Ligan, Nestle L. Semilla 10/04/2017

A taxi commuter will soon be paying at least P175.00 from the current charges of at least P150.00 for a 10-kilometer ride to his destination plus travel time charges due to traffic congestion. The Land Transportation Franchising…

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