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Transport strike suspended due to bad weather

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Transport group Manibela holds a protest motorcade traversing Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on July 24, 2023, as part of the group’s transport strike against the scheduled phaseout of public utility vehicles. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/tvpatrol/07/25/20230724-sona-protest-manibela-md9.jpg"/><figcaption>Transport group Manibela holds a protest motorcade traversing Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on July 24, 2023, as part of the group’s transport strike against the scheduled phaseout of public utility vehicles. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Transport strike Manibela has called off its supposed 3-day strike due to the threat of super typhoon Egay. </p><p>In a Facebook post on Monday, Manibela said it heeded passengers&#x27; call for transportation during heavy rains. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/25/23/egay-now-a-super-typhoon">Egay now a super typhoon</a></li></ul><p>But it said the strike would continue if government failed to address issues faced by the transport sector. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2733354" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Manibela led the strike on Monday to denounce government&#x27;s public utility vehicle modernization program. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/05/23/transport-groups-ph-not-prepared-for-modernization-yet">Transport groups: Philippines not prepared for transport modernization yet</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/01/23/marcos-backs-puv-modernization-urges-drivers-to-stop-strike">Marcos backs PUV modernization, urges drivers to stop strike</a></li></ul><p>The protest coincided with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.&#x27;s second State of the Nation Address, which Manibela said failed to touch on transport issues. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/marcosjr-presidency">The Marcos Jr. Presidency</a></li></ul>

Transport strike Manibela has called off its supposed 3-day strike due to the threat of super typhoon Egay.  