'Laban hanggang ikamatay namin ito', Manibela on 2nd day of transport strike

Christopher Sitson

ABS-CBN News

<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/1742872398270Screen Shot 2025-03-25 at 11.12.51 AM.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">At around 8:00 in the morning, members of Manibela started to arrive along Caruncho Avenue in Pasig City for their program. <em>ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Members of transport group Manibela came early to one of their strike centers along Caruncho Avenue in Pasig Tuesday for the second day of their transport strike.</p><p>Equipped with banners that said &quot;No to Jeepney Phaseout&quot;, Manibela members started their transport strike program at 8 a.m. Some Manibela members said they don&#x27;t mind being out on the streets under the hot sun to explain their grievances against jeepney consolidation and phaseout.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/24/transport-strike-failed-to-paralyze-routes-ltfrb-1442">Transport strike failed to paralyze routes - LTFRB</a></div><p>&quot;Aming ipinaglalaban ang aming kabuhayan na pilit pa rin talagang kailangan mo mag-consolidate ng unit mo para maka-rehistro na alam naman ng gobyerno na napakalaki ang gagastusin mo,&quot; Jose Mamungay, a driver and operator, said.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1904329970698289445&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring&amp;sessionId=34a9b193c76e3f8a6ae6783bd139047b379bb8e5&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:624px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1904329970698289445"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;Ibinoto namin sila dahil sa pangako nila na walang phaseout. Hindi kami tumututol sa modernization pero wag &#x27;yung consolidation na balang araw wala na kaming pag-aari,&quot; added Stella Delas Alas, wife of a jeepney driver.</p><p>&quot;Hanggang sa ikamatay na namin ito lalaban kami, lalaban kaming Manibela. Laban!,&quot; said Racquel Samarita, wife of another jeepney driver.</p><p>Manibela members are questioning consolidation for jeepneys under the PUV Modernization Program, in which jeepney drivers and operators are required to form or join a cooperative or a corporation. </p><p>Transportation officials have said consolidation would provide transport workers with a more secure salary system, social security benefits, and a better chance of acquiring loans.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/12/19/23/consolidation-deadline-what-it-means-for-jeepney-drivers-operators">https://www.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/12/19/23/consolidation-deadline-what-it-means-for-jeepney-drivers-operators</a></div><p>Manibela chairman Mar Valbuena earlier said some jeepney drivers were apprehended after failing to meet the consolidation deadline,  with fines reaching as high as P50,000.</p><p>According to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), the group failed to paralyze public transport on the first day of the transport strike on Monday.</p><div><strong>MINIMAL EFFECT ON COMMUTERS<br/></strong></div><p>During the second day of the strike, majority of the commuters in Pasig area did not encounter delays.</p><p>&quot;Mabilis lang din naman po, wala naman pong 30 minutes kasi pag naglabasa na &#x27;yung mga namalengke. Napupuno naman po agad,&quot; Angelu Bonifacio, a commuter, said. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/3/24/manibela-transport-strike-starts-affects-commuters-1025">Manibela transport strike starts, affects commuters</a></div><p>&quot;Hindi naman po [nahirapan sumakay],&quot; said JC Saquiton, also a commuter. </p><p>The Pasig Traffic and Parking Management Office, together with MMDA and LTO, monitored the program along Caruncho Avenue in case government buses would be needed. </p><p>By around 10:00 in the morning, the group left the area, and no government bus arrived since there were no stranded commuters.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zH9_bTbCvLU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>According to the LTFRB, the group failed to paralyze public transport on their first day of transport strike. </p>

According to the LTFRB, the group failed to paralyze public transport on their first day of transport strike.

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'Laban hanggang ikamatay namin ito', Manibela on 2nd day of transport strike

'Laban hanggang ikamatay namin ito', Manibela on 2nd day of transport strike

Christopher Sitson,

ABS-CBN News

Published Mar 25, 2025 11:42 AM PHT

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