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THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday said that the decision on the specific brand of the modern vehicles that will be procured for the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization lies on the transport operators<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadiz III said the agency will neither suggest nor dictate the brand of the modern PUV units to the transport operators who consolidated into either a cooperative or a corporation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAng nasusunod po sa pagpili at pagbili ng modern jeepneys ay ang mga cooperatives,\u201d said Guadiz in a statement Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe government has ‘no say’ kung ano ang unit na bibilhin nila at kung saang bansa ito manggagaling,\u201d he added.<\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The LTFRB chair issued the statement in response to Sen. Raffy Tulfo\u2019s criticism of the reported government\u2019s plan to import Chinese-made modern jeepneys that will be used in the Philippines\u2019 PUV Modernization program.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Guadiz pointed out that jeepney cooperatives could buy from any manufacturers whether local, from Japan, or China since the government will not meddle in this process and should be fully handled by the cooperatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe also ensure that the primary aspect to consider in shifting to modern jeepneys is the safety and roadworthiness of the new jeepney units to provide better service to the commuters,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The LTFRB also clarified that transportation cooperatives have the autonomy to choose from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-approved manufacturers that adhere to the Philippine National Standard.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n At present, there are currently 32 models of modern jeepney plying around the country which are either locally-manufactured or locally- assembled jeepneys. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After the Dec. 31, 2023 deadline for jeepney operators to consolidate into cooperatives, unconsolidated jeepneys will only be allowed to ply their routes until Jan. 31.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday said that the decision on the specific brand of the modern vehicles that will be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3114,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions\/3114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}