Fare rollback starts Monday

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/06/2016

P6.50 minimum fare for first 5 kilometers; P5.20 for students, senior citizens, PWDs Jeepney passengers will pay only P6.50 as minimum fare starting Monday. For students, senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs), the fare will be…

Jeepney fare rolled back to P6.50

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/04/2016

JEEPNEY passengers will pay 50 centavos less after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) approved an “additional provisional reduction” in Central Visayas yesterday. The jeepney fare is now down to P6.50 for the first five…

Transport groups urged to back fare rate cut petition

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/24/2016

THE leader of the minibus operators plying the southern Cebu route called on other transport groups in the province to roll back their fares. Julito Flores, Cebu South Minibus Operators Association (CSMBOA) president, said that bus operators…

LTFRB exec: Cebu can expect jeepney fare cut after Manila

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/22/2016

THE riding public in Cebu can expect a reduction in jeepney fare but will have to wait a little longer. This is the assurance from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB 7) regional director Reynaldo…

Belated fare cut

Editorial 01/20/2016

There are at least two ways to look at the transport sector’s move to lobby for a fare cut before the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB). For one, the transport sector has finally acknowledged the obvious…

Lapu trikes roll back fare

Norman V. Mendoza 01/25/2015

Tricycle drivers in Lapu-Lapu City have started implementing the rolled-back minimum fare. Since Thursday, members of the  Lapu-Lapu City Confederation of Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (Lactoda) have been collecting P7 minimum fare or a reduction of…

Jeepney fare petition out next week

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/07/2015

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) may announce its decision on the petition for a provisional 50-centavo reduction of passenger jeepney fare for Cebu next week. Last Monday, January 5, the agency has started reviewing…

Transport groups lukewarm on fare rate reduction

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/17/2014

A transport group in Cebu opposed the 50 centavo reduction of the passenger jeepney fare in Central Visayas despite the continued decline in fuel prices in the market.The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) will recommend…

7 pesos jeepney fare in Region 7 pushed

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/13/2014

LTFRB-7 sets rate rollback hearing on Wednesday The Central Visayas regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) will recommend a 50 centavo provisional rollback of minimum jeepney fares pending the resolution of a…

LTFRB-7 holds fare rollback hearing on Dec. 17

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2014

The regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) scheduled a Dec. 17 public hearing on a fare rollback petition filed by former Cebu City councilor Augustus Pe Jr. Pe petitioned for a 50-centavo…

1.6 tons of ‘shark meat’ seized in Lapu-Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 06/20/2014

The drive against the shark trade scored another apprehension yesterday with the seizure of 1,650 kilos of shark meat in Lapu Lapu City. The frozen fish meat, cut in pieces and stored in plastic sacks, was loaded…

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