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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government will review the timetable for its modernization program for public utility vehicles, but a move by regulators to push the phaseout of traditional jeepneys from June 30 to Dec. 31 failed to scuttle plans by one transport group to hold a week-long strike beginning March 6.
“We have to review the timetable. It’s not that simple. Car manufacturers are saying that we are encouraging electric vehicles but we still need to fix our source of power,” Marcos added. On Tuesday, the Senate unanimously adopted the resolution filed by Senator Grace Poe urging the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to postpone the planned phaseout of old jeepneys.
Assistant Secretary Teofilo Guadiz III, who heads the LTFRB, said the extension was in response to the appeal of transport groups, and said it would give them enough time to consolidate.Guadiz said over 90 percent of the transport sector backed the modernization program. NPTC chairman Ariel Lim said the transport strike was postponed to give way to the Senate’s ongoing probe of the PUV modernization program.
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