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Members of transport group Manibela hold a picket rally outside the Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City on March 13, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

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Jeepney Modernization 04102024

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171271620607420240313-jeepney-drivers-protest-ombudsman-JC-6377.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Members of transport group Manibela hold a picket rally outside the Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City on March 13, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File  "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Members of transport group Manibela hold a picket rally outside the Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City on March 13, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File </span> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) -- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday that the government would not extend the April 30 deadline for the consolidation of jeepneys under the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP). </p><p>&quot;Wala na pong extension iyong modernization… kailangan na kailangan na natin iyan,&quot; Marcos said during the Bagong Pilipinas town hall meeting on traffic concerns held in San Juan.</p><p>(There will be no more extension of the modernization… We need that badly.)</p><p>&quot;Tinitiyak lang namin na hindi mapabigat pa ang babayaran at iuutang ng driver, operator kaya’t ginagawa nating maayos at ginagawa nating well organized iyong sistema na iyan.&quot; </p><p>(We are just making sure that the driver, operator will not have to pay and owe more, so we are making sure that the system is well organized.)</p><p>Marcos earlier extended the consolidation deadline from December 31, 2023 to the end of April to &quot;give an opportunity to those who expressed intention to consolidate but did not make the previous cut-off,&quot; the Palace said.</p><p>The PUVMP was launched in 2017 to improve the country&#x27;s chaotic public transport system. But it has been repeatedly delayed due to protests and the COVID-19 pandemic. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/7/sc-junks-petition-vs-jeepney-modernization-program-on-technicality-1115">READ: SC junks petition vs jeepney modernization program</a></div><p>Jeepney operators are required to join a cooperative, which would have two to three years to replace their fleet with modern vehicles that are safer and less polluting.</p><p>The cooperatives will be able to access bank financing and receive a government subsidy of between P200,000 and P300,000 per vehicle to ease the financial burden of the transition, officials have said.</p><p>But drivers opposed to the phaseout argue that joining a cooperative and buying a new vehicle will bury them in debt and they will not be able to earn enough money to survive. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/21/23/jeepney-operators-share-nightmare-about-consolidation">READ: Jeepney operators share &#x27;nightmare&#x27; about consolidation</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/20/some-piston-members-file-petition-withdrawing-consolidation-1519">READ: Some PISTON members seek to withdraw consolidation</a></div><p>Under the new scheme, drivers will be required to work a fixed schedule, instead of the current system, which allows them to work for as long, and often, as they want.</p><p>Marcos directed the Department of Interior and Local Government to address the operation of colorum jeepneys, or those operating without the proper authorization and licenses, nationwide.</p><p>&quot;Iyong isang pinakamalaking problema ay ang… iyong pagpasada ng mga colorum at napakarami pala – hindi ko akalain at 30 porsiyento ng pumapasada ay colorum pala. Kaya’t ipapasa ko ngayon kay DILG Secretary ang problema dahil ang pulis ang mag-i-enforce niyan at titiyakin na may prangkisang tama, kasama sa kooperatiba lahat ng inyong grupo at ng mga ibang transport groups, mga TODA lahat ay kinikilala ang mga magpapasada,&quot; he said.</p><p>(One of the biggest problems is colorum operation and there are so many of them - I didn&#x27;t expect that 30 percent of those plying their routes are colorum. So, I will now forward the problem to the DILG Secretary because the police will enforce that and make sure that the franchise is correct, all your groups and other transport groups are included in the cooperative, TODAs all recognize those who will operate.)</p><div><strong>ANOTHER TRANSPORT STRIKE </strong></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3009766"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>According to Mar Valbuena, president of transport group Manibela, they will be holding another transport strike before the end of the month. </p><p>&quot;Malaki po at sisiguraduhin namin na talagang halos lahat po ay makakasama. Hindi lang po isa o dalawang beses itong mangyayari bago matapos ang Abril,&quot; he told Teleradyo Serbisyo on Wednesday night.</p><p>&quot;Kung ini-ignore talaga tayo, doon na po namin sa kalsada ihahayag lahat ito at sasabihin &#x27;yung mga apela po natin,&quot; Valbuena added. </p><p>He also lamented that their group was excluded from Wednesday’s town hall meeting, which showed to them that the government is not interested in listening to their side. </p><p>&quot;Scripted po talaga. May magtatanong na kasamahan po natin sa transport na pro modernization, at piling pili kung sino ang magsasalita, na dapat po sana tayo ang inimbitahan para makapagtanong kung ano po ang plano sa atin bukod po dito sa pag-phase out po talaga at kung may budget ba para dito kung hindi na po tayo babiyahe at kung papalitan &#x27;yung aming mga unit,&quot; Valbuena said. </p><p>&quot;Wala po talagang aasahan kung hindi tayo gagawa ng aksyon,&quot; he added. </p><p>Valbuena said Manibela and other groups allied with them will be holding a press conference on Thursday. </p><p>Jeepneys -- initially made from leftover US jeeps after World War II -- are a national symbol in the Philippines, and serve as the backbone of the country&#x27;s transport system.</p><p>They provide rides for millions of people across the country for as little as P13.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/10/24/ltfrb-urged-to-consider-locally-made-vehicles-in-puv-modernization-program">READ: LTFRB urged to consider locally made vehicles in PUV modernization program</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/16/24/jeepney-wars-puv-modernization-splits-transport-groups">READ: Jeepney wars: PUV modernization splits transport groups</a></div><div><strong>-- With reports from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News; Agence France Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday government would not extend the April 30 deadline for the consolidation of jeepneys under the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP).</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday government would not extend the April 30 deadline for the consolidation of jeepneys under the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP).

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Marcos says April 30 deadline for PUV consolidation is final

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Published April 10, 2024 10:34 AM PHT

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