AN EDSA STORY: Mody Floranda’s rise from child farmer to Senate bet

As a poor young boy who cast his net beside his father in a remote lake in the fastness of Laguna, Mody Floranda never imagined he’d be casting his net for votes for the Senate. This time, however, it would not simply be for physical nourishment but for fellow transport workers who have come to look up to him as a steadfast and principled leader, the kind portrayed in many FPJ movies he watched as a child.

Akala mo’y libre…

ito ay isang busina ng permanente pagpaparada/sa garahe ng kabangkaroteha’t kawalan…/
biktimang paharurot na sinunggaban/sa monopolistang pakanang/mas malupit pa sa hit and run.

PISTON announces support of transport strike next week

PISTON explained that mandating operators to consolidate their individual franchises under a cooperative or corporation is “wrong, deceitful, and coercive” as it deprives operators of their rights and privileges as individual franchise holders.

Transport budget for infra but none for affected jeepney drivers

The COVID pandemic has led to massive income losses for Filipinos. The Duterte administration suspended mass transport, including jeepneys, when the enhanced community quarantines (ECQ) in Luzon and other parts of the country were declared in March. Quarantine measures have eased in general community quarantine (GCQ) areas and public transport has resumed in phases.

The anomaly of transport modernization (Part II)

In many instances, the solution to the complex transport problems of Metro Manila lies in the physics of the problem, in the same way that dealing with COVID-19 requires medical science. But the Duterte administration has simply picked up its pre-COVID proposal of “jeepney modernization” and used the pandemic to justify finally pushing for it, amid protestations by jeepney drivers and the adverse impact on millions of commuters.