Transport groups will demand on Monday the junking of President Rodrigo Duterte administration’s transport modernization program, which they slammed as a jeepney “phase-out scheme” and an abandonment of its duty to provide an “efficient and affordable mass…
Even with its leader already facing a complaint, the militant transport group Piston is gearing up for another nationwide strike on Oct. 16 and 17 to protest the government plan to replace aging jeepneys with environment-friendly models.…
Eight people were hurt on Sunday morning when a passenger jeepney approaching Green Meadows in Barangay Ugong, Pasig City, crashed into a tree on Sunday morning. SPO1 Erwin Lombredas, case investigator of the Pasig City Police’s Vehicle…
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna—Five persons were confirmed dead while eleven others, including the driver, were injured after a passenger jeep hit an electric post in Kawit town in Cavite province early Wednesday. Chief Inspector Jeffrey Punzalan, Kawit…
A newly formed startup is betting big that more Filipinos will shift to electric vehicles in the coming decade. And it is starting with the humble jeepney. So goes the underlying mission of QEV Philippines Electromobility Solutions…
The Insurance Commission is looking into the proposal to bring down insurance premiums collected from jeepney operators as part of the jeepney modernization program, Commissioner Dennis B. Funa said on Tuesday. In a statement, Funa said the…
Cebu’s Aboitiz Group, best known these days for its power interests, has had a keen interest in expanding in transport infrastructure. Unfortunately, the plan has been hampered by current government policies, which have made this initiative somewhat…
To better aid drivers and operators as they transition from their old jeepney units to environment-friendly vehicles, the government will hand out to them over P2.2 billion in subsidy in the next three years of the rollout…
The Board of Investments (BOI) is targeting to have ready before the end of the year the concept vehicle for the CARS-like manufacturing program for eco-friendly public utility vehicles (PUVs), playing a key role in supplying new…
CEBU CITY — At least 60 members of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) here held a rally on Monday morning to protest against the plan to phase out jeepney units that were…
