(UPDATES) AT least 18 of the 23 senators are pushing to suspend the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), formerly called the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP).
AT least 18 of the 23 senators are pushing to suspend the Public Transport Modernization Program , formerly called the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program .The call came after the July 23 hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Services, which concluded that the program was implemented without proper planning and that it was rushed.Sen.
There is an urgent need to thoroughly review and reassess the program's impact to alleviate the fears of the drivers and transport operators whose implementation will directly burden them,' the resolution said.In filing SR 1096, Tulfo and his colleagues highlighted the valid and urgent concerns of affected drivers, groups, unions and transport cooperatives, particularly issues on consolidation into cooperatives.
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