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MANILA - The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board may review the P2 jeepney fare increase as early as Wednesday, after recent rollbacks in fuel prices, an official said.

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade earlier urged regulators to review the increase, which raised the minimum fare in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Southern Luzon to P10 starting Nov. 2.

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"May board meeting tomorrow... Repasuhin siguro, as directed by Secretary Tugade. Iyun kasing ating fare increase, nakabase sa fuel price," LTFRB Executive Director Samuel Jardin said Tuesday.

(There's a board meeting tomorrow. We may review that, as directed by Secretary Tugade. The fare increase is based on the fuel price.)

Jeepney operators continued to flock to LTFRB offices Tuesday to secure a matrix needed to implement the P10 fare.

The LTFRB should have assigned a representative per area to get the fare matrix, instead of requiring all operators to apply for it, which caused long lines at the agency's offices, said Efren De Luna, president of the Alliance of Concerned Transport Operators.

The fare matrix is unit-specific and operators need to provide details on jeep's model and route, said Jardin.

The agency will give priority to the matrix application of elderly operators, he said.

DZMM, 6 November 2018