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Youth group Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP) slammed President Duterte on Independence Day 2021 as a "puppet" enforcing neoliberal policies such as jeepney phaseout. [ 45 ] Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel in December 2023 said he hoped that the jeepney phaseout would be canceled to ensure that drivers and small ...
In 2016, the Department of Transportation imposed an age limit on jeepneys of 15 years, with older jeepneys starting to be phased out. [32] Many jeepney operators oppose the phase-out, and George San Mateo, leader of the "No to Jeepney Phaseout" Coalition, called the modernization program "corrupt". [ 33 ]
March 20: Transport and youth groups, together with SCMP called for economic aid and protested oil price hike and the planned jeepney phaseout amid the COVID-19 pandemic. April 24 : Peasant members and other advocates biked to protest government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PISTON held a three-day transport trike set from November 20 to 22. [20] However, Manibela also held a similar but separate strike from November 22 to 24. At least 200,000 traditional jeepney operators joined the strike. [21]
The 2017–2019 Philippine jeepney drivers' strike was a series of protest and strike action staged by jeepney drivers in the Philippines to oppose the government's plan to phase out jeepneys over 15 years old. The strike, which started on February 6, caused hundreds of passengers to be stranded and prompted universities, cities, and towns to ...
They have also opposed the mandatory phaseout of old vehicles under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program. They had participated in strikes in protest of the program in 2015, [1] 2017 to 2019 [8] [9] [10] and 2023. [11] In 2024, Manibela joined PISTON in the Labour Day protest against the government’s Jeepney modernization program ...
The group has opposed the implementation of phaseout for traditional jeepneys under the Philippine government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program. [3] They initiated a nationwide transport strike in 2023 against the policy. [4] For the 2022 Philippine presidential election, they endorsed the campaign of Leni Robredo. [3]
At present, there are around 270,000 franchised jeepney units on the road across the country, with some 75,000 units in Metro Manila alone. [19] In 2016, the DOTr imposed an age limit on jeepneys of 15 years, with older jeepneys starting to be phased out. [20]