BBM: No more extension for PUV consolidation

There will be no more extension of the franchise consolidation under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program PUVMP) after April 30, President Marcos said yesterday.

- HELEN FLORES

At the government-organized town hall meeting on traffic concerns in San Juan City, the President stressed the urgent need to implement the PUV modernization program.

"You can expect that there will be no more extension of modernization. We really need that," the President said in Filipino when asked by a transport group leader about the intervention on colorum or those jeepneys operating without a franchise or permit from the government.

Marcos approved a three-month extension last January to give an opportunity to those who want to consolidate.

Jeepney operators and drivers have only until April 30 to consolidate into a cooperative or a corporation, the first step of the PUV modernization program.