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MANILA - (UPDATED) P2P Premium Bus Service on Friday announced that its services to and from SM North, Trinoma, Eton Centris, SM Megamall and Glorietta 5 have been suspended until further notice.These routes are operated by Froehlich Tours Inc.In a post on its official Facebook page, P2P Premium Bus Service said the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has suspended some of its major routes.&quot;Unfortunately we have to inform you that LTFRB suspended the P2P services from SM North, Trinoma, Eton Centris, SM Megamall and Glorietta 5 until further notice,&quot; P2P Premium Bus Service said.&quot;We would like to thank you for your ongoing patronage during the past 12 month and we would like to apologize for the inconveniences caused to the public commuters,&quot; it added.In a separate Facebook post, P2P Premium Bus Service said the suspension was a result of &quot;a video and an unreasonable complaint from a certain netizen.&quot;The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Facebook said that it has alerted the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the LTFRB after broadcaster Alex Santos shared a video of Facebook of a P2P bus seen plying along EDSA allegedly without a vehicle plate and registration with LTO.<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Falex.santos.75685%2Fvideos%2F10209000116383699%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></figure>P2P Premium Bus Service said that the reactions to the said video, &quot;misunderstandings&quot; and &quot;overreactions&quot; included, “caused a massive inconvenience for more than 10.000 public commuters.&quot;&quot;I can assure you that we will do our best to resume our services as soon as possible and to prove the accusations against us wrong,&quot; it said, citing a statement from its chief executive officer.LTFRB: Froehlich Tours&#x27; Provisional Authority expiredIn a statement Friday, LTFRB said it temporarily suspended the operations of Froehlich Tours, which operates the several P2P buses, after its Provisional Authority expired.LTFRB also instructed Froehlich Tours to submit proof of payment of its 2015 income tax.The agency appealed for understanding from P2P bus commuters. LTFRB said it will immediately release its decision granting a Certificate of Public Convenience to Froehlich Tours once it complies with the agency&#x27;s requirements.

MANILA (UPDATED) - P2P Premium Bus Service on Friday announced that its services to and from SM North, Trinoma, Eton Centris, SM Megamall and Glorietta 5 have been suspended until further notice.