City Council pushes for strict enforcement of 20% student fare discount

Pia Piquero 08/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With the new academic year in full swing and students relying heavily on public transportation, a local legislator urged strict implementation of the Student Fare Discount Act or RA 11314. City Councilor James…

Cebu jeepney operators hail Senate’s move to suspend PUV modernization

Pia Piquero 08/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Traditional jeepney operators and advocates in Cebu, after months of public protests against the government’s Public Utility Vehicle (PUV)  Modernization Program, are now applauding a recent development in the Senate. The Cebu Chapter…

PUV consolidation deadline moved by 3 months

01/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Jeepney drivers and operators who have yet to form themselves into cooperatives for the PUV consolidation can heave a sigh of relief, for now. President Marcos gave them until April 30, or three more…

Piston eyes SC relief on PUV co-op deadline

Dexter Cabalaza 12/17/2023

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…

Bongbong Marcos: No extension of consolidation order for PUV operators

Luisa Cabato 12/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines —The December 31 deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicle (PUV) operators will not be extended, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced on Tuesday. Marcos held a meeting with transport officials where they concluded…

Piston-Cebu: Over 100 drivers to join nationwide protest against PUV modernization

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/17/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over a hundred drivers and operators in Cebu are expected to join the nationwide protest against the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program. The Cebu Chapter of the Pinagkaisang Samahan…

LTFRB-7 backs FCTC’s call not to extend the Dec. 31 deadline for consolidation

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A transport cooperative has gotten support from the chief of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) in their call not to extend the Dec. 31, 2023 deadline for…

FACES OF CEBU: Albert Bercoso, 45, jeepney driver for 20 years

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Before, Albert Bercoso, a jeepney driver here, would bring home at least P1,000 per day so his family of seven could meet their needs and even buy a few things they want. Now,…

2% of PUV drivers no longer plying streets due to rising prices of fuel — PISTON Cebu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 2 percent of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers in Cebu are no longer plying the streets due to the rising prices of fuel and economic struggles. This was revealed by Pinagkaisang…

Mandaue’s TEAM goes after overloading PUJs

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/03/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—At least 17 citation tickets for overloading were issued by the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) to PUJ drivers during a checkpoint conducted in the city’s boundaries on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Cebu, including…

LTFRB-7 reminds PUVs: Students, PWDs still entitled to fare discount

Delta Letigio 09/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) is reminding public utility vehicles that students and persons with disabilities (PWDs) are still entitled to 20-percent fare discount. LTFRB-7 Director Eduardo Montealto, Jr., said…

CPPO chief: 4 PUV drivers apprehended for not wearing air-purifiers on Aug. 26

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/27/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Drivers of at least four public utility vehicles (PUVs) plying provincial routes were apprehended for not wearing personal air-purifiers on Thursday, August 26, 2021, or the first day of its reimplementation. It can…

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