With oil prices expected to soar again, President Benigno Aquino III on Monday ordered the implementation of two measures aimed at immediately alleviating the plight of drivers and operators in the transport sector.
SOME barangays hardest hit by last Friday’s downpour will be placed under calamity status in a resolution scheduled to be passed in today’s special session by the Mandaue City Council.
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) urged transport groups not to accept the government’s fuel subsidy offer, Chona Yu of 990AM reported Monday.
TRICYCLE drivers in Talisay City started receiving P150 cash for fuel subsidy on Wednesday. Emma Macuto, Talisay City treasurer, said there are 1,746 legitimate tricycle drivers in the city who will receive assistance from the government’s fuel subsidy program. She said they would accommodate 150 tricycle drivers per day and expect the distribution to be [...]
Drivers of 10,287 public utility jeepneys in Western Visayas will soon receive P1,050 each in fuel assistance under the government’s Pantawid Pasada program.
DAVAO CITY—“It’s not even enough but it’s better than nothing,” a public utility jeepney (PUJ) operator said after receiving a fuel subsidy card under the government’s Pantawid Pasada program to help public transport workers cope with increasing fuel costs. The cards were distributed here on Wednesday by the Department of Energy in ceremonies that were [...]
“It’s better than nothing” was how a jeepney operator characterized the Pantawid Pasada fuel subsidy cards whose distribution by the Department of Energy got going here on Wednesday.
CENTRAL Visayas jeepney drivers will soon receive their fuel subsidy from the Department of Energy (DOE). Today, DOE Secretary Rene Almendras will turn over the Pantawid Pasada Cards to Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) Director Raul Aguilos, LTO-7 Assistant Regional Director Arnel Tancinco and Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) Director Ahmed Cuizon in a ceremony [...]
