00:00The Manila City government hires more than 1,400 jeepney drivers struggling with rising oil prices to provide free rides.
00:08The city government will pay 3,000 pesos per jeepney, 1,000 pesos for the driver, 1,000 pesos for
00:14the operator, and 1,000 pesos allotted for diesel.
00:18The program ran on Monday, March 30, and on Tuesday, March 31, before being suspended for Holy Wheat.
00:24It will resume Monday, April 6, to Wednesday, April 8.
00:27Meantime, the Domagueta City government rolled out a 10 million peso fuel subsidy program to help tricycle and jeepney drivers
00:34cope with rising oil prices.
00:36The aid is limited to Domagueta-based drivers, who will receive 700 pesos in fuel coupons to cover about a
00:42week of expenses.
00:44But the drivers say the government aid is only a temporary fix.
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