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00:00 Today, the grace period that the government gave will end so that unconsolidated PUBs will not be arrested.
00:08 We will also call LTFRB Chairman Chofilo Guadis III. Good morning.
00:14 Good morning Igor and to all of our viewers. Good morning.
00:21 Okay. So starting tomorrow, you will be arrested. The grace period will end.
00:27 Sir, we can now flag tomorrow and we can arrest and ticket drivers.
00:39 We also gave them a ticket to not travel. Those who haven't consolidated.
00:50 Do you have a count of how many unconsolidated PUBs?
00:56 In NCR, we have about 1,900 unconsolidated or those who did not join the program of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.
01:15 Yes. Chairman, if these PUBs are unconsolidated, what will happen to their jeep?
01:29 As of May 2, they have no franchise. If they travel, they are considered illegal or collorum.
01:42 They can be flagged down by the driver for P1,000. I mean P10,000. The driver's suspension is one year.
01:55 The vehicle is P50,000, the penalty plus 30 days of impound.
02:01 Can't the transportation of those who will be working be flagged down? They can also ride on the affected routes of the unconsolidated PUBs Chairman.
02:14 That's very far. You can see that almost none of them are flagged down.
02:21 Those who did not join the program, only a few are traveling now.
02:28 Yes. Can the LTPRB monitor if the jeeps that will be traveling tomorrow are consolidated? Do you see any problems with those jeeps?
02:37 Yes we can. It's easy to monitor. We are recording the vehicles that are placed on their dashboard or windshield,
02:50 because their papers, the first part of the papers that says they are consolidated. If we did not see that, we are confident that they did not join the program of the government.
03:03 We cannot flag them down directly. It's only intermittent. In one area, two or three, we will immediately move to another area.
03:14 Yes. Did you send a show-cause order, Chairman?
03:19 I sent almost all show-cause orders. I sent them since May 2 and we are monitoring their acceptance of show-cause orders.
03:33 Reaction only. Manibela Chairman Mar Balbuena said that almost 200,000 of their operators and drivers are not consolidated.
03:41 I don't know where he got the number. We have the data here. That's why I don't know where he got the 200,000.
03:55 Are there routes that are not enough consolidated jeepney?
04:01 When our program was first released, we saw three or four critical areas on May 2 that did not consolidate.
04:16 So what we did is we issued a special order. On the adjacent route, especially those with extra jeepneys, they filled the routes that did not have consolidated jeepneys.
04:32 We fixed it on May 2 yesterday.
04:36 Does LTFRB have a program for those who lost their jobs?
04:40 Yes. I have a social support program. Many are availing and they don't want to go back to driving.
04:52 Number one is we have TESDA programs where they will be given free education. While they are studying, they have allowance for the next 90 days from the government.
05:07 Number two, the government is giving them funds for their support. If they want to enter the business, there is a small amount that the government is giving them for free,
05:20 that they can use for the businesses they want to enter. These are most of them who are getting that.
05:28 They are not taking away from the business jeepney, which is auto mechanic, diesel maintenance.
05:36 Chairman, are we ready if the court will decide to stop the modernization program?
05:45 We are waiting for the court's decision. If that will happen, we will return the 1,800 unconsolidated jeepneys.
05:59 Okay. Thank you very much LTFRB Chairman Shofilo Guandez III. Be careful.
06:05 Thank you and long live to you sir.
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