Philippine jeepney drivers are worried the government's phase-out plan will hurt them financially - Copyright AFP JAM STA ROSA Philippine jeepney drivers are worried ...

Jeepney drivers protesting the modernization plan on December 29, 2023 near Mendiola, Manila. - Jose Santos/NurPhoto/Getty Images “We will continue to calibrate each component of the program in ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine transport groups launched a nationwide strike Monday to protest a government program drivers fear would phase out traditional jeepneys, which have become a ...

Philippine transport groups yesterday launched a weeklong, nationwide strike to protest a government transport modernization program that drivers say could threaten the country’s jeepneys – an ...

Six years have passed since the Philippines transportation department launched the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). This initiative aims to bring the country's public ...

MANILA, Philippines — Enforcers from the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) caught a jeepney driver in Quezon City for alleged reckless ...

MANILA, Philippines — In Alvin Ocampo’s 18-year-old jeepney, the dashboard is held together with yards of peeling electrical tape. The only concession to Manila’s stifling heat is a fan screwed to the ...

Filipino jeepney drivers, operators, and their supporters conducted a two-day transport strike to protest the government’s modernization program, which critics said would lead to the phaseout of the ...

A group of Catholic lawyers in the Philippines have helped spur efforts to help those hit hardest by the pandemic by giving out cash and grocery packs. The recipients of their generosity were drivers ...

Philippine jeepney drivers started a 12-day strike on Monday to protest the phaseout of the iconic public transportation that would give way to carbon-free mini buses. They’re demonstrating against a ...

Philippine jeepney drivers staged a noisy protest in the capital Manila on Tuesday over the government's plan to phase out the smoke-belching vehicles and replace them with modern mini-buses. Jeepneys ...