Planning key to success of mass transport system

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/05/2017

FOR Cebu Business Club president Gordon Alan Joseph, it is not a matter of whether one mass transport system for Cebu City is better than another, but rather a question of how it is planned. Joseph made…

Transport groups join security preparations for Asean meet in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/27/2017

OVER 20 transport group leaders and terminal managers met with officials in Central Visayas of the Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) yesterday on how to strengthen land transport security…

Viable transport option

Editorial 05/22/2017

Will the proposed Light Railway Transit (LRT) system materialize in the six years of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term as promised by his Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Michael Dino? Dino said there is a company that is…

Drivers’ protest fails to disrupt public transport

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/22/2017

Public transportation in Metro Cebu area was unaffected by a transport caravan organized by Pagkakaisa ng Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) – Cebu to protest plans to phase out public utility vehicles 15 years…

Don’t inconvenience commuters, transport group told

Agnes Alpuerto, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/21/2017

WHILE jeepney drivers can stage their strike, they should not inconvenience the commuters, a top official of the regional Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said yesterday. “I would like to appeal to Piston to make…

LGUs prepare for looming transport strike on Monday

Intern, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 05/18/2017

  In preparation for the planned transport strike by the Pagkakaisa ng Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) on Monday, the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu will deploy trucks, buses and other vehicles to…

Cebu City election protest: Comelec orders transport of ballot boxes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/19/2017

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered the transport of the ballot boxes of pilot protested precincts by defeated Cebu City Mayor candidate Michael Rama. In an order dated April 17, the Comelec Second Division has ordered…

Citrasco to push for P1–P1.50 fare hike

Doris C. Bongcac 04/05/2017

Following strong objections to its proposal for a fare surge on peak hours from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Cebu Integrated Transport Service Cooperative (Citrasco), a drivers’ organization, will seek…

Transport network, colorum units nabbed

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/26/2017

TWO Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) units and two colorum vans were caught by personnel of the regional Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) last Friday and Saturday. Jun Tumulak, precision specialist of LTFRB-7, said they…

Piston holds rally against LTFRB for recognizing groups that did not join Feb. 27 transport strike

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/13/2017

AROUND 40 members of the Pagkakaisa ng Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) held a protest rally outside Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) yesterday morning. Greg Perez, coordinator of Piston…

‘Low impact’ transport strike

Dominic D. Yasay, Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 02/27/2017

Not a few of them may have reported to work late, but employees still managed to get a ride from buses whose numbers negated yesterday’s Metro Cebu-wide transport strike. And traffic remained heavy along the national highway…

Cuizon: Strike failed to paralyze public transport in Metro Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/27/2017

The transport strike held by Pagkakaisa ng Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) on Monday morning did not paralyze the public transportation in Metro Cebu. Ahmed Cuizon, director of Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board…

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