Marcos to decide on Senate's call to suspend PUV modernization

[earthdome]

14 hours ago, hk blues said:

Give me the comfortable seats and a/c on the busses any day over the Jeepney.

I'm sure we'd all love to see well-maintained and well-driven jeepneys continuing to provide great service but it's not what's happening.

Just rode in a Royal class Victory Liner when I travelled overnight to get our car from the province. It is like a mini airline first class with double decked sleeping compartments.

 

 

[Mike J]

3 hours ago, earthdome said:

Just rode in a Royal class Victory Liner when I travelled overnight to get our car from the province. It is like a mini airline first class with double decked sleeping compartments.

Wow, nice.  What was the fare?

[Old55]

"Just rode in a Royal class Victory Liner"

What was the general comfort and leg room like? 

[earthdome]

22 minutes ago, Mike J said:

Wow, nice.  What was the fare?

1665 php for a 12 hour overnight trip. My SIL took one of the first trips and they rolled out a red carpet for people to walk on when boarding.

[Mike J]

2 minutes ago, earthdome said:

1665 php for a 12 hour overnight trip. My SIL took one of the first trips and they rolled out a red carpet for people to walk on when boarding.

I assume there was an onboard CR?

[earthdome]

28 minutes ago, Mike J said:

I assume there was an onboard CR?

I assume so, I never used it.

[earthdome]

34 minutes ago, Old55 said:

"Just rode in a Royal class Victory Liner"

What was the general comfort and leg room like? 

I am 5 11 and 160. Fine for me but the cubby for my feet was small and I had to take my shoes off to be comfortable. It should be ok for someone taller and heavier. As long as they have small feet and a small ..

 

[Mike J]

Marcos refused to back down on jeepney modernization plan.

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/senate-calls-to-stop-puv-modernization-junked-by-president-marcos/ar-AA1omXOI?cvid=f77dcac9839e4d92975fc306ea57a9ee&ei=50

MANILA, Philippines — Calls from majority of the senators to suspend the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) have been rejected by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, August 7.

The chief executive, in an ambush interview in Pampanga when asked to react on the matter, said that he disagreed with that move.

“Well, I disagree with them because sinasabi nila, minadali,” Marcos said.

“This has been postponed seven times. The modernization has been postponed for seven times, and those that have been objecting, or [who] have been crying out and been asking for suspension, are in the minority,” Marcos also said.

The President believes the minority of jeepney drivers should not decide on the issue as he noted that 80 percent of the franchises of jeepney drivers have been consolidated.

“So, papaano naman? Yung twenty percent ang magde-decide?” Marcos asked.

(So, how is that? The twenty percent will make the decision?)

“Pakinggan natin ‘yung majority at ang majority, sinasabi ituloy natin,” he said.

(Let’s listen to the majority, and the majority says we should continue with it.)

“So, that’s what we will do,” he concluded.

The majority in the Senate, or 22 out of the 23 senators, have thrown their support behind a resolution urging the government to temporarily suspend the implementation of the PTMP, formerly known as the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program.

[Tommy T.]

On 8/5/2024 at 2:25 AM, earthdome said:

Just rode in a Royal class Victory Liner when I travelled overnight to get our car from the province. It is like a mini airline first class with double decked sleeping compartments.

 

 

So you  travelled from where to where?

 

[Lee]

2 hours ago, Mike J said:

The President believes the minority of jeepney drivers should not decide on the issue as he noted that 80 percent of the franchises of jeepney drivers have been consolidated.

If such a large number of  drivers have consolidated, how would one explain the 31 jeepneys that drove by my hotel in 10 minutes in Ermita that I counted just a few Sundays ago? Perhaps agreeing to consolidate and actually doing it are two different things.