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Labor dept seeks 70 pct public transport capacity to ferry more workers

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Posted at Oct 19 09:31 AM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello on Monday urged government to increase public vehicles' capacity to 70 percent as transportation remains a problem for workers. Read more »

LTFRB: Public vehicles to see 'significant increase' in 2-3 weeks

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Updated as of Oct 15 06:41 PM

Public vehicles allowed to ply the roads will see a "significant increase" in less than a month, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said Thursday, as the government sought to boost mass transport and the pandemic-battered economy.    Read more »

Driver's license required: DOTr to release guidelines as scooter use booms amid pandemic

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Posted at Sep 22 01:14 PM

The Department of Transportation will release guidelines on the use of electric scooters, which has attracted new users while the mass transport remains limited to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, an official said Tuesday. Read more »

MRT fields record-high 22 train sets as gov't expands public transportation

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 12:00 PM

The MRT-3 deployed a new record-high 22 train sets this week as the Philippines sought to expand public transportation to resuscitate the coronavirus-hit economy.   Read more »

‘Pang-diesel lang’: Mga tsuper idinadaing ang kita dahil sa PUV distancing

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Posted at Sep 19 06:26 PM

Dumadaing ang ilang tsuper sa kawalan ng kita sa ipinapatupad na distancing rules ng gobyerno sa mga pampublikong sasakyan. Read more »

PUV drivers risk fines with 1-meter distancing violation: police

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Posted at Sep 18 12:31 PM

Public utility vehicle drivers could have their license confiscated and face a fine if their passengers are seated less than a meter apart, a rule meant to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, police said Friday.    Read more »

More PUVs instead of shorter distancing? Transport dept says already doing so

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Updated as of Sep 18 08:54 AM

The transport department said Friday it was already letting more public vehicles back on the road, even before medical experts asked them do so instead of cutting coronavirus distancing rules to accommodate more passengers. Read more »

2 ex-DOH chiefs back shorter coronavirus distancing in public vehicles

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Posted at Sep 18 07:34 AM

A group of experts that include former Health Secretaries Esperanza Cabral and Manuel Dayrit support the easing of physical distancing rules meant to curb coronavirus infections in the mass transport system. Read more »

OPINION: Restore one-meter physical distancing

Action for Economic Reforms
Posted at Sep 17 09:26 PM

The correct approach is not to reduce physical distancing but to increase the supply of safe public utility vehicles (PUVs) during the emergency. Read more »

Habang wala pang OK ni Duterte: Distancing sa PUVs balik-1 metro muna

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Updated as of Sep 17 09:30 PM

Habang wala pang desisyon si Pangulong Duterte, balik muna sa 1 metrong distansiya sa mga pampublikong sasakyan. Read more »

For first time in 20 years, MRT deploys record-high 21 trains

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 12:28 PM

For the first time in its 20-year operation, the MRT-3 this week deployed a record-high 21 train sets, the Department of Transportation said Thursday, as the Philippines sought to serve more passengers and open up the coronavirus-hit economy.    Read more »

Thou shall use bleach, not talk: Experts float '7 Commandments' vs coronavirus in PUVs

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Posted at Sep 17 10:27 AM

A group of medical experts that includes Former Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit on Thursday proposed “7 commandments” to keep passengers safe from the pandemic onboard public vehicles.  Read more »

1-meter rule ‘not gospel truth’: Experts back PUV distancing cut

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Updated as of Sep 17 10:27 AM

A group of medical experts on Thursday backed the easing of physical distancing rules in public vehicles and proposed “7 commandments” to keep passengers safe from the pandemic. Read more »

DOTr urged: Let experts examine data on coronavirus distancing cut

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 04:37 PM

The transportation department should be "transparent" in the data that supposedly justify its easing of physical distancing rules meant to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus in the mass transport system, a member of an inter-disciplinary research group from the University of the Philippines said Wednesday.    Read more »

Why is physical distancing vital in COVID-19 fight?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 09:03 AM

Overcrowding is “a major source of infection”, an expert from the University of the Philippines said Wednesday, after regulators eased physical distancing rules meant to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus in the mass transport system.    Read more »

Relaxed coronavirus distancing in public transport a 'product of research': DOTr

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Posted at Sep 15 01:56 PM

A proposal to ease physical distancing rules inside public transportation was a "product of research," despite the warning of several experts that this could spur infections, Transportation Secretary Art Tugade said Tuesday. Read more »

Keep your distance: Health workers reject eased physical distancing

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Posted at Sep 15 10:54 AM

A group of health workers on Tuesday asked the government to defer its easing of physical distancing rules to when coronavirus cases go down.    Read more »

Metro Manila mayors apprehensive over relaxed coronavirus distancing rules

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Updated as of Sep 14 03:41 PM

The 17 mayors of Metro Manila have “apprehension” over the easing of physical distancing rules meant to prevent coronavirus infections in the mass transport system, their representative said Monday.    Read more »

Easing distancing rules 'risky', may trigger surge in COVID-19 cases: experts

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 11:55 AM

The government’s “risky” easing of physical distancing rules in public transport may fuel the spread of the novel coronavirus, two health experts warned Monday.  Read more »

Philippines eases coronavirus distancing rules in public transport

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 08:57 AM

The Philippines on Monday eased distancing rules meant to contain the coronavirus pandemic in public vehicles, to which some infections were previously traced.    Read more »