00:00Next week, the Tigil Pasada of the Manibela Transport Group will be held.
00:06And to make sure that the commuters will not be affected,
00:11the Transportation Department will have a dialogue with the group.
00:15This is Bernard Ferrer, for Sentro ng Balita.
00:19This is the jeepney that Aira is using to go to school.
00:24When she found out that the Tigil Pasada of the Manibela Transport Group will be held
00:29next week, she was very worried.
00:32Even though she understood what the group said, she still worries about the commute.
00:37I always commute.
00:39And I always need a jeepney to go to school.
00:43I will have a hard time because I don't have my own service.
00:47Meanwhile, Ray's Tigil Pasada will be held next week.
00:50This is his main livelihood for his two children who are studying.
00:54One of them is already in school.
00:56We don't stop because this is where we get our daily food.
01:01So we stop eating if we don't commute.
01:05To make sure that the commuters will not be affected,
01:08DOTR Secretary Vince Dizon,
01:10DOTR Assistant Secretary for Road Transport and Non-Infrastructure,
01:14Jos Coro Jojo Reyes,
01:16led the dialogue with the relevant transport groups.
01:20The hope is that once the Tigil Pasada is held,
01:23there will be a proper discussion
01:25to make sure that the commuters will not be affected
01:28while the jeepney drivers and operators are worried.
01:32Secretary Dizon promised to listen to the concerns of the transport sector
01:36to improve the implementation of the Public Transport Modernization Program.
01:40Meanwhile, the DOTR,
01:42Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board of LTFRB,
01:46and various government agencies are preparing
01:48to make sure that the commuters will not be affected.
01:51The DOTR will continue coordinating
01:53with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority or MMDA
01:56and local government units
01:58to provide free transportation for the public.
02:01Manibela Chairman Mar Valbuena first announced
02:04that the Transport Strike on March 24, 25, and 26
02:08on the issue of the consolidation of public utility vehicles.
02:12According to the LTFRB data,
02:1486% of the PUVs are under consolidation
02:18as part of the government's modernization program.
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