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Romualdez on PUVMP: Filipino-made vehicles will be prioritized

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POE BLASTS DOTr OVER PUV MODERNIZATION MISSES: Committee on Public Services chairperson Sen. Grace Poe chides the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for its failures in implementing the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), particularly in providing aid for affected PUV drivers, years since its launch. Poe took the floor Monday, December 11, 2023 to lament the lack of provisions protecting and supporting some 300,000 PUV drivers next year. The senator, who also defended the DOTr's proposed budget under the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), said only P1.6 billion was allocated for the PUVMP. Her estimates, on the other hand, showed that a total of P750 billion is required to subsidize the consolidation of PUVs and replacement of dilapidated units. Poe also hit the DOTr for missing its own targets, while setting strict deadlines for the PUV drivers and operators. "Where is government in this modernization? The audacity of DOTr to set deadlines when it cannot help [our drivers]," Poe said in Filipino. (Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate Social Media Unit) visa fake firms

POE BLASTS DOTr OVER PUV MODERNIZATION MISSES: Committee on Public Services chairperson Sen. Grace Poe chides the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for its failures in implementing the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), particularly in providing aid for affected PUV drivers, years since its launch. Poe took the floor Monday, December 11, 2023 to lament the lack of provisions protecting and supporting some 300,000 PUV drivers next year. The senator, who also defended the DOTr's proposed budget under the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), said only P1.6 billion was allocated for the PUVMP. Her estimates, on the other hand, showed that a total of P750 billion is required to subsidize the consolidation of PUVs and replacement of dilapidated units. Poe also hit the DOTr for missing its own targets, while setting strict deadlines for the PUV drivers and operators. "Where is government in this modernization? The audacity of DOTr to set deadlines when it cannot help [our drivers]," Poe said in Filipino. (Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate Social Media Unit)

TRADITIONAL JEEP / JANUARY 15, 2024Passengers ride a traditional jeepney in Manila. Transport group PISTON and MANIBELA will lead a nationwide protest against the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program. Unconsolidated PUV operators who failed to join existing cooperatives or corporations will be tagged as "colorum” after January 31. INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES

Passengers ride a traditional jeepney in Manila on January 15, 2024.  INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES

MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said on Friday that Filipino-made vehicles will be prioritized for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.

“Ang priority po natin ay Philippine-made as this will bring out Philippine jobs and all other benefits,” Romualdez said.

(Our priorities are Philippine-made vehicles as this will bring out Philippine jobs and all other benefits.)

READ: Marcos moves PUV consolidation deadline to April 30, 2024

Romualdez made the statement in a meeting with local jeepney manufacturers.

The House speaker also told jeepney manufacturers that the government and the Congress will support their industry.

“Asahan nyo po na si Presidente Ferdinand Marcos Jr., kagaya ng kanyang ama, ay suportado ang anumang Philippine-made initiatives,” Romualdez added.

(Expect that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., like his father, will support Philippine-made initiatives.)

“Itong gobyerno (This government), this Congress will be very much behind you and supportive of your industry,” he added.

On Wednesday, Marcos approved the recommendation of Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista to move the deadline of the consolidation of public utility vehicles to April 30, 2024.

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