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'Ginastusan ko yan!': Ilang jeepney drivers libo-libo ang inutang para sa balik-pasada

'Ginastusan ko yan!': Ilang jeepney drivers libo-libo ang inutang para sa balik-pasada

Jervis Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Jul 03, 2020 10:35 PM PHT

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MAYNILA — Balik na sa lansangan nitong Biyernes ang ilang jeepney matapos ang 4 na buwang pagbabawal sa kanila sa gitna ng pandemyang COVID-19.

Kabilang sa mga unang bumiyahe si Alberto Gloria na may ruta sa Quezon City.

Malaki-laki ang inutang niya na P10,000 para makasunod lang ang jeep sa mga itinakdang health protocol ng pamahalaan. May dibisyon, plastic cover, at may disinfectant fogging machine pa sa jeep ni Gloria.

"Sumunod kami sa protocol. Ginastosan ko 'yan para kapuri-puri naman at para safe 'yung mga mananakay," pagmamalaki niya.

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Umaasa si Gloria na mababawi ulit ito kaya excited na siyang pumasada ulit.

"Excited na excited na ako mamasada. Matagal akong di nakapamasada. Wala na kami maipangtustos sa pamilya," aniya.

Umaasa naman ang iba pang jeepney driver sa ibang ruta na mapapayagan din silang bumiyahe sa mga susunod na linggo.

Sa ngayon, kakaunti lang ang bumiyaheng mga tsuper di gaya dati na sangkaterba ang mga traditional na jeep na nakakalat sa lansangan.

Ayon sa PISTON, bagama't pinayagan nang magbalik-pasada ang ilan sa mga traditional jeep ngayong araw, maraming tsuper pa rin ang hindi pa handa ang mga unit.

"Sa tingin ko, problema don ay sabik sila bumiyahe, pero hindi pa malinaw kung ano kailangan ihanda sa sasakyan... Obviously hindi pa nila nababasa 'yung guidelines, lalo't Ingles kailangan pa ipaliwanag sa kanila," ani Steve Ranjo, secretary general ng PISTON.

Nasa 6,000 jeepney ang pinayagan ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board na pumasada sa higit 40 ruta.

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Carpio warns public against voting for ‘pro-China’ candidates

Carpio warns public against voting for ‘pro-China’ candidates

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

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MANILA – Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has urged the public to be wary in voting for “pro-China” candidates in this year’s elections, saying these candidates would rather push for the Beijing's interests if elected into office. 

Carpio, without naming persons, said that these candidates have China’s financial backing. 

China, he said, might also be fueling disinformation online to further divide the public. 

“This election is not purely about internal politics, about internal matters, because there is a country that wants to grab our maritime zones and island territories. So, we should be careful not to vote for Manchurian candidates, candidates who will do China's bidding,” Carpio said in a statement released by Stratbase ADR Institute. 

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“They can come out with their own social media campaign,” the former SC magistrate said. 

“As we have seen in the past, recent past, that there have been candidates, who, when they won, were favoring China against our national interest,” he added

Carpio also said the West Philippine Sea could be at stake if pro-China candidates would win in this year’s polls. 

“Those who are pro-China, they [China] can give campaign funds to. That's usually what other countries do if they want to destabilize a certain state. I expect China to do that... Once elected, they will say, the Philippines has no right to name the West Philippine Sea as West Philippine Sea,” according to Carpio. 

For his part, Dindo Manhit, president of the Stratbase ADR Institute, cautioned voters from patronizing candidates who downplay the 2016 The Hague ruling on the West Philippine Sea. 

“Upholding our arbitral victory is not just a matter of policy but a fundamental duty of any leader who claims to serve the nation. Ignoring it means turning a blind eye to our territorial integrity,” said Manhit. 

“Vote for leaders who are patriotic and will fight for the Philippines. A true leader must stand firm in defending what is rightfully ours and not succumb to foreign pressure. The West Philippine Sea is a vital part of our national identity, economy, and security,” he said. 

Sought for comment on the issue, the Chinese Embassy said Philippine elections are an internal matter. 

Chinese vessels have engaged in a series of high-profile confrontations with Philippine ships in disputed waters of the South China Sea claimed by Beijing despite an international ruling that their assertion has no legal basis.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in kicking off the campaign season, had brought up the West Philippine Sea to differentiate the administration slate from other candidates.

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