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Mandaue council urges trike drivers to renew franchises

By Flor Z. Perolina | August 15, 2015 - 10:00am

The committee chairman on transportation of the Mandaue City Council recently clarified that there are still available franchises that the tricycle operators in the city can avail of.

Freeman Metro Cebu

LTFRB mulls franchise for Uber vehicles

By Reinir Padua | November 4, 2014 - 12:00am

Despite an imposed moratorium, the government might consider issuing franchises to vehicles affiliated with online cab provider Uber.

Metro

LTFRB: Too many ‘legal’ PUVs choke MM

By Reinir Padua | August 15, 2014 - 12:00am

The worsening traffic situation in Metro Manila can be attributed to too many public utility vehicles (PUVs) in the metropolis, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board chair Winston Ginez said in a roundtable...

Metro

Hitting the jackpot!

By CTALK | By Cito Beltran | August 8, 2014 - 12:00am

Everyday Jojo and Nora walk out of their tenement building where so many former “squatters” have been residing for decades.

Opinion

DTI eyes funding for franchisers’ participation in int’l events

By Louella Desiderio | July 18, 2014 - 12:00am

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is considering funding  local franchises’ participation in international...

Business

50 illegal tricycle drivers in Mandaue apprehended, fined

By Flor Z. Perolina | September 15, 2013 - 12:00am

The Traffic Enforcement of Mandaue (TEAM) has apprehended 50 tricycle drivers in Mandaue City for driving without franchises.

Freeman Metro Cebu

QC lawmaker seeks moratorium on new bus franchises

By Jess Diaz | July 29, 2013 - 12:00am

Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo yesterday proposed an indefinite moratorium on new bus franchises in Metro Manila, as leaders of the region seek solutions to the worsening traffic gridlock in the area.

Metro

Former Pantranco employees face another long wait for claims

By Rainier Allan Ronda | July 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Over 2,000 employees are facing another long wait for the settlement of their labor claims from the defunct Pantranco North Express Inc. (PNEI) as the sale of franchises awarded to them is being questioned.

Headlines

Roxas suspends award of bus franchises

June 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas suspended yesterday an order that awarded 489 choice provincial bus franchises of the defunct Pantranco to companies owned by a single bus-owning family in ...

Business

DOTC lawyers to review LTFRB move on Pantranco

By Rainier Allan Ronda | June 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Lawyers of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will conduct a thorough review of the controversial move of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) declaring as valid...

Business