THREAD: Transport groups oppose the new fuel price increase, while some public utility drivers quit plying their routes, making commuting more difficult.
LTFRB Executive Director Tina Cassion drivers lamenting soaring fuel prices: Binibilsan naman natin ang fuel subsidy, having distributed ₱1.5 billion out of the allocated ₱1.7 billion. We target to finish everything by this week.
LTFRB says 2nd tranche fuel subsidy will be given by July
LTFRB: We are seriously considering all sides from drivers, operators to commuters
LTFRB: We hope to have decision on fare hike this week
LTFRB: Fuel cards from Land Bank delayed subsidy disbursements
Manibela Chairman Mar Valbuena: Hirap na talagang makabawi ang mga driver
Transport group Manibela: Minimum fare still unchanged, but our fuel expenses doubled
FEJODAP President Boy Rebano says the pandemic delayed jeepney modernization
Transport group Manibela on minimum fare increase: Sana hindi lang piso ang idagdag. Sana mapakinggan.
Transport group Manibela on rising fuel prices: Hindi sa nagtatampo kami. Hindi na talaga kaya ng bulsa namin ang dagdag presyo.
Jeepney group FEJODAP: Maraming huminto na jeep drivers at naghanap ng ibang pagkikitaan
Transport group Manibela: Ang isang pumatay sa aming hanapbuhay ay ang libreng sakay. Sana pinagaralan ito ng maayos ng DOTr. Sana balanse po.
Jeepney group FEJODAP appeals to government: Kahit 50% ang i-suspend sa excise tax. Gumawa po kayo ng proper action in favor of transportation.
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Dept. of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on lowering the price of rice to ₱20: The aspiration of our incoming president Bongbong Marcos is a very laudable aspiration as any Filipino would like to have low-priced rice sa ating merkado
DA Sec. Dar: Ako ay nakikisama sa balakin na ito... Dapat managinip tayo at megdisenyo tayo ng programa towards that level of rice price.
@senkokopimentel Pimentel on ₱1 hike in jeepney fare in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa: I support anything to help struggling workers. Drivers should give immediate feedback on fare hike.
@FDCPH FDCP on PeliKULAYa LGBTIA+ Film Festival: We will be featuring 50 films, 12 foreign films, 38 local films in the festival. It's a mixture of classic and contemporary films to celebrate #Pride Month.
@FDCPH FDCP: We also have a series of talks, a collection of short films, and we have a contest featuring entries from different filmmakers in universities... The young ones are now becoming more open, representing different letters and colors in the spectrum.
The ₱1 fare hike gives a driver an additional ₱22 per trip, equivalent to ₱220 a day, good enough for a family of five, says National Center for Commuters Safety and Protection President Elvira Medina bit.ly/3NXWKS0
National Center for Commuters Safety and Protection on proposed fare hike: It has long been due. A ₱1 contribution is not very difficult because we have a ₱10 coin system. It's easy to get it out of your pocket and it's easy to get a change.
National Center for Commuters Safety and Protection: A ₱2 fare increase is just enough, since an average worker is given a daily increase in minimum wage. I agree with ₱2 but not more than that
Gioca says JobStreet PH and DTI will hold a virtual career fair from June 13-17: We have a team where they will help them create professional CVs and train how to answer interviews. We are offering jobs across the archipelago.
JobStreet PH country manager Gioca says ePLDT, SM, Accenture, IBM, and Amazon are some of the companies that will participate in the virtual career fair: Partnering with DTI helped us linked up with new start-up enterprises in other parts of the country.
1-UTAK Partylist chairman Vigor Mendoza on ₱1 provisional fare increase in jeepney: Ang hiningi namin ay ₱2 na increase. Pero may dagdag ₱300 kada araw 'yan sating mga jeepney driver
Transport group 1-UTAK: Nagpapasalamat tayo kahit wala. This is a recognition na talagang kelangan ng ating transport sector na tulong, kita, at dagadag ayuda para magawa ang trabaho nila para sa mga Pilipino. bit.ly/3H6RoSy