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House panel probes PUVMP agencies

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February 17, 2024

Claiming that the government's public utility vehicle modernization program is going nowhere, House of Representatives transportation committee chair Rep. Romeo Acop has launched an investigation into the financial statements of the government agencies implementing the PUVMP.

- SHEILA CRISOSTOMO

Acop said he has ordered the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Office of Transport Cooperatives (OTC) to submit their account books on PUVMP or the phaseout of traditional jeepneys to the panel for scrutiny. 

"Given all that has been revealed, with all the problems already mentioned, despite the agencies involved provided with funding throughout the years, may I require the LTFRB, OTC and DOTr to provide this committee the list of their expenditures?" he said in a recent hearing of the panel on PUVMP implementation.

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