Angeles City has ten buses to provide free rides for 80,000 commuters during the planned March 6 to 10 transport strike.
MABALACAT, Philippines – Pampanga-based members of the Federation of Jeepney Drivers at Operators on Thursday, March 2 announced that they would join their organization in pulling out of the planned national transport strike from March 6 to 10.
ON STANDBY. The City of San Fernando in Pampanga will deploy two rescue trucks to ferry stranded commuters during the transport strike from March 6 to 10, although 52 members of a drivers’ group have already pulled out of the planned mass action. The free rides in Angeles City will begin on March 6 from 5 a.m. to 12 midnight daily until March 10. These will involve five routes of the buses along Cutud-Sapang Maisac boundary; Balibago-Dau boundary; Cutcut-Porac boundary; Sto. Domingo-San Fernando boundary; and Mining-Malino boundary.The announcement of the national strike fueled concerns among commuters and even some drivers.
There is no available data on the number of passengers and commuters in Angeles but the city information office gave a rough estimate of 80,000 commuters daily. LTFRB Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III said the deferment was not due to the strike threat, claiming that 90% of transport groups support the LTFRB’s program.
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