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Number coding suspended for today, March 19 – MMDA

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has lifted its number coding scheme for Monday, March 19, to help ease possible impact of the nationwide transport strike to the public. In a Twitter post, the MMDA said the…

Piston mounts 4th transport strike

Militant transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Piston) will mount its fourth strike today against the jeepney modernization program with its leader saying the protests will go on until the government draws up…

Palace: No classes, government work on Tuesday, Oct. 17

Contrary to its earlier statement, Malacañang will suspend classes at all levels for both public and private schools as well as government work nationwide on Tuesday, the second day of  a nationwide transport strike. Presidential Communications Secretary…

No classes at all levels, no gov’t work on Monday – Malacañang

Malacañang announced on Sunday the suspension of government work and classes at all levels of both public and private nationwide on Monday, October 16, due to a transport strike. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said October 17 was…

Gov’t set to deploy vehicles amid 2-day transport strike — LTFRB

The government is all set for the two-day nationwide transport strike geared on October 16 to 17 by progressive transport group Piston, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Board Member Aileen Lizada said on Wednesday. Lizada…

Drivers defy gov’t warning

Public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers defied a government warning to keep them off future public conveyance licenses for modern versions of the iconic mode of transportation and pushed ahead with a strike that paralyzed jeepney routes, but…

Central Luzon jeepney drivers brace for strike

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—At least 150 transport leaders from the provinces of Pampanga, Bataan, Bulacan and Zambales on Monday filed a petition to stop the implementation of the government’s omnibus franchising guidelines that, they said, would phase…

Nationwide jeepney strike paralyzes transport; LTFRB says little impact in Metro

Transport groups that led the nationwide jeepney strike on Monday claimed to have paralyzed 85 percent of the country’s public transport sector, but the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said the strike had little impact…

Transport strike forces class suspensions Monday

Some schools have announced the suspension of classes and office work on Monday, Feb. 27, due to the scheduled transport strike of jeepney operators: -Elementary and high school levels in National Capital Region (NCR) -Elementary and high…