MANILA, Philippines — Transport group Piston will stage a transport strike on Thursday, March 19. Mody Floranda, national president of Piston, made the announcement in a press conference at Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City last week. READ: Next…
MANILA, Philippines — Transport group Piston (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide) will hold a nationwide transport strike on Thursday, September 18, in protest against corruption. This was announced by Piston on its Facebook…
MANILA, Philippines — Several drivers were flagged, and their traditional jeepneys impounded, despite the government-sanctioned extension of the deadline for consolidation under the modernization program, two transport organizations claimed Wednesday. At the hearing of the House committee…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – “Pakitang-tao” was the term used by PISTON to describe the new memorandum of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). The new memorandum entails that non-consolidated public utility jeepneys (PUJs) will be…
MANILA, Philippines — Besides waging a weekslong strike, a transport group is also considering a petition before the Supreme Court to stop the Dec. 31 deadline for public utility vehicle (PUV) operators to form cooperatives with consolidated franchises. Pagkakaisa…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The transport strike on Wednesday did not affect the traffic flow and accessibility of transportation vehicles in Cebu City. That is according to the Traffic Management Committee (TMC) head. Cebu City Councilor Rey…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City government is set to roll out green buses on November 22, as a response to the one-day transport strike of several Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) in Cebu. This is after…
MANILA, Philippines — When she called the week-long transport strike as “communist-inspired” and a “painful interference,” Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said she is only stating a fact and not red-tagging. Duterte issued the statement…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Transport groups in Cebu have reiterated that they will not be joining the nationwide transport strike on Monday, March 6. The Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON)-Cebu will instead…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Free transport rides will be provided to commuters here on Monday, March 6 should groups push through with their plans of holding a transport strike. Raquel Arce, head of the Cebu City Transportation…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Members of the Federation of Cebu Transport Cooperatives (FCTC) and the Allied Transport Cooperatives and Corporations will not be supporting the planned transport strike next week of some groups in Metro Cebu. As…
MANILA, Philippines — The suspension of excise and value-added tax (VAT) on fuel and the junking of the oil deregulation law should be the priority of the 19th Congress, a group of public transport drivers and operators…
