00:00 The group of Pistons will start their two-day stoppage of the road tonight.
00:06 The transportation department has prepared a free ride so that the passengers will not be paralyzed.
00:12 Joseph Morong has a report.
00:14 When the Christmas traffic feels like it will stop again, the group of Pistons will stop.
00:22 The two-day transport strike will have no more trace starting tomorrow,
00:26 after President Marcos said that there will be no extension of the December 31 deadline
00:31 for the POV operators' consolidation or for the operators to form a cooperative.
00:37 We were dismayed.
00:38 He said here in a big transport summit in Marikina that he will not allow the traditional jeepney to be lost.
00:45 Some commuters have plans for tomorrow.
00:48 We will just go to LRT.
00:50 We will not go out. We will just stay at home.
00:53 The group of Pistons prepared a free ride to ensure that there are still transport options for our commuters to be affected.
01:06 According to the group of Pistons, this is a commonwealth of the roads that they will not allow to pass tomorrow and on Friday
01:13 in their two-day stoppage against the POV modernization program.
01:18 Some roads in Metro Manila are also affected, now in other parts of the country.
01:22 According to the DOT, more than 50,000 jeeps and UBEXPRESS, more than 13,000 are consolidated.
01:29 But according to Pistons, most of them have not consolidated yet.
01:32 Of the 55,000 jeeps, only 2,000 are consolidated.
01:37 If they have not consolidated, they will not have the right to pass.
01:41 Even if there is a stoppage tomorrow, the MMDA will not suspend the number coding
01:45 because it might add to the traffic load.
01:47 The payday weekend of the 15th, all Christmas shopping, we expect that it will happen.
01:55 The MMDA is also preparing the parade of stars of the Metro Manila Film Festival on Saturday.
02:00 The counter flows will be closed in some parts of C4 Samson Road and MacArthur Highway from the afternoon until 8 p.m. on Saturday.
02:09 Joseph Morong is the reporter for GMA Integrated News.
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