00:00 The group Pistón has not yet finished their stoppage.
00:03 The manibela announced that it will launch its own transport strike starting tomorrow.
00:09 According to LTFRB, the Pistón's issue is their target and they have agreed to help.
00:17 We have the latest news from Karen Villanda live.
00:23 Angelic, LTFRB Chair Teofilo Guates III and Pistón President Mody Floranda finished their meeting yesterday.
00:30 They will now sit down with LTFRB on the conditions of the transport group and the PUV modernization.
00:38 Although the second day of the transport strike has been continued, passengers do not feel the stoppage.
00:47 Around 2 p.m., LTFRB's father, Pistón's lawyer, Atty. Ariel Inton, and Pistón's President, Mody Floranda,
00:54 were asked to address the issue.
00:57 They are here to discuss the issues on the streets of LTFRB Chair Teofilo Guates III and Floranda yesterday.
01:04 Some of the conditions of Pistón to stop the strike are to return their franchise to five years.
01:10 The omnibus franchising guidelines for the PUV modernization should be deleted and the December 31 deadline for consolidation should not be continued.
01:18 Of course, there should be a document that we are asking to return to five years, the suspension to the deadline of December,
01:29 and the deletion to 2017.0.11. This is what Atty. Inton and Chairman Guates III clarified.
01:38 According to LTFRB, they agreed to waive the confirmation fee of the operators to extend the franchise to five years
01:45 in order to consolidate and revisit the omnibus guidelines of the PUVMP.
01:50 But the non-negotiable for LTFRB is the complete removal of consolidation that has a deadline of December 31.
01:58 That's non-negotiable. The word scrap, that's non-negotiable.
02:02 But as per our Chairman Guates, the consolidation process can be simplified and that's what's approved as per our LTFRB Chairman Guates.
02:12 Simplify. Out of the many processes, which one do you want, which one is doable, which one is not, and that's also one of the things we will discuss later.
02:23 LTFRB clarified that the consolidation process is simplified. Even if the consolidation process or the formation of a corporation and cooperative is completed,
02:33 the petition for consolidation will be submitted until December 31.
02:37 This is where the operator's intention to join the PUV modernization administration will be seen.
02:42 In the statement issued by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, he said that the jeepney phaseout is not real.
02:49 This is also what LTFRB clarified.
02:52 As long as you are roadworthy and you want to calibrate and your jeepneys will pass the Philippine National Standard,
03:00 your roof is high, your passengers have something to hold on to, you will just change your engine to Euro 4, you can still be counted as a PUVMP.
03:10 In the continuation of the second day of the strike, some jeepney drivers passed the road today because they need to earn money to buy food.
03:18 The passengers in the Commonwealth did not feel the need to stop.
03:22 We just went on the road today.
03:25 What?
03:25 To be able to travel.
03:27 Why? It's only three days.
03:29 Yes, three days. It's hard if you don't have anything to eat.
03:33 That's all. But later, you will stop?
03:37 Yes, we will stop.
03:37 What time?
03:38 Maybe after lunch.
03:40 After lunch?
03:41 That's after lunch.
03:43 Yes, there's nothing to eat.
03:45 There's no problem. From Fairview to Pelkoa, the trip was good. The jeepney was able to travel.
03:52 Okay. What time is it now?
03:54 It's the same as yesterday.
03:56 So it's like there's no strike?
03:58 There's no strike.
04:01 The LTFRB believes that if they talk about the strike, the Tigil Pasada will be stopped.
04:07 But this morning, the Manibela group announced that they will also stop the Tigil Pasada from tomorrow until Friday.
04:15 For the LTFRB, the issue is the piston that they will be aiming at now.
04:20 For Manibela, I believe that the piston is the biggest percentage of the left transport group.
04:27 60% is positive in the PUVMP.
04:30 If the whole piston is aligned and will cooperate, we will go up to 80% - 75% to 80%.
04:38 Then the rest are the small transport groups that are positive and will be aimed at the PUVMP.
04:45 Angelique, the discussion of the LTFRB Chair Guadis and PISUN President Modi Floranda was not opened to the media.
04:53 But the LTFRB said that they will call for a press conference on another day.
04:59 Angelique?
05:00 Karen, what if an operator does not join the consolidation?
05:06 Will he be able to travel in the coming year?
05:09 Yes, Angelique.
05:13 The example of the LTFRB is that in one route, there are 15 operators but only 40 are consolidated.
05:21 Will the 10 be able to travel in the coming year?
05:24 According to the LTFRB, they can still travel until their position is fulfilled.
05:30 Angelique, because the LTFRB should ensure the public transportation in each route.
05:38 If someone can fill in for them, what will happen to the 10 if they still did not join the consolidation?
05:46 According to the LTFRB, they will only have two options to choose from.
05:50 That is, they can wait for an announcement from the DOTR or join the social support program of DOLE for the choupers.
06:00 This is entrepreneurship and chouper scholars.
06:04 Angelique?
06:05 Karen, are there rescue vehicles that were sent out to help the public in need today?
06:17 Yes, Angelique. According to the monitoring of the MMDA,
06:20 as of 8 a.m., only 15 rescue vehicles were sent out and rescued by passengers.
06:29 One of them is in Maklaran, in the Monumento, Kiyapo, Philcoa, Doña Carmen, Paranaque City Hall.
06:36 These were almost one bus.
06:38 Angelique, this is lower compared to the one that was deployed yesterday, which was more than 100 rescue buses.
06:46 According to the passengers, we talked to them earlier, they did not feel anything.
06:50 Then the jeepney drivers, we talked to them, they said they need to find a way to survive.
06:57 That is why they left today.
06:59 But later, after lunch, they will stop because they said there were no passengers at that time.
07:06 Angelique?
07:07 Okay. Thank you very much, Karen Villanda.
