Starting Monday, 13 April, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) will provide additional fuel subsidies to bus units participating in its free ride for health workers program.
The DOTr announced this new benefit after Seaoil Philippines pledged to provide, until 30 April 2020, free shuttle services from 13 to 30 April, the last day of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
“We are very grateful to Seaoil Philippines for providing fuel subsidies to the bus units of our free ride program. Malaking tulong po ito, hindi lang para sa amin, o sa mga bus, kundi makasisiguro rin tayo na maitataguyod natin ang serbisyo publiko para sa mga medical frontliners sa gitna ng COVID-19 pandemic,” DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade expressed.
Phoenix Petroleum has agreed to provide 50 liters of fuel daily to sixty private bus units participating in the free ride program. CleanFuel will also provide 40 liters of fuel for 20 bus units for free, while Total has allocated free fuel subsidies to 30 participating bus units at PhP1,000 per unit, or vehicles driven by medical frontliners at PhP300 per unit until 17 April 2020.
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