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Volume IX, No. 198
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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LTFRB-10 urges operators to shift to modern PUVs
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AGAYAN de Oro City--A ranking official of the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Region 10 has urged operators to shift to modern public utility vehicles (PUVs).
“This is a huge first step to lessen traffic incidents in the region,” said LTFRB-10 Regional Director Aminoden Guro as he reminded them that the government’s modernization program will start in June this year. In a press conference hosted by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Guro said that 95 percent of PUVs in the region are included in the group to be phased out. “PUVs that more than 15 years will be phased out starting June 2020. There is a Department Order that we
need to replace the dilapidated PUJ’s because of the accidents that happen on the road,” he emphasized. Meanwhile, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Region 10 (LTO) said it will support the program. LTO Information Officer Ferdinand Flores said the modernization will be beneficial to the commuters as well as to the environment. “We do have a responsibility to our environment and we believe that the PUV modernization project is Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 10 one way of fulfilling our director Aminoden Guro and Land Transportation Office (LTO) 10 director Nelson Manaloto lead the inauguration See MODERN, page 11
of 15 modern PUVs to ply the Bugo-Seven Seas route as granted to the Oro Transport Cooperative (OROTSCO).
photo by mark francisco
Dansolihon transport operators join Mindanao Daily Express By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL
CONSULTATION MEETING. MDN Publisher & President Dante Macasero Sudaria and MDN Columnist Raffy Magbanua meet the transport operators of Barangay Dansolihon led by Barangay Chair Rodolfo Tabudlong and Ms Veronica during a consultative meeting held at the MDN Main Office in Cagayan de Oro. The Dansolihon transport operators signify their intention to join Mindanao Daily Express Transport Cooperative.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Since Cagayan de Oro City is fast becoming a metropolis, the transport industry is also taking new steps to d e vel op it s mass transport vehicles into brandnew and most modern like Metro Manila. This time, new PUJ vehicles including PUVs start
to ply the main roads in this city, operated by cooperatives being supported by the National Government.
For its part, Mindanao Daily Express Transport Cooperative will operate
routes in some barangays in Cagayan de Oro City and in Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon municipalities. As this developed, the D ans ol i h on t r ansp or t operators headed by its lady president Ms. Veronica and Barangay Chairman Rodolfo Tabudlong had expressed their group’s intention to join See TRANSPORT, page 11