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PNA photo MANILA - The minimum fare in public utility jeepneys (PUJs) will increase to PHP11 throughout the country beginning Friday after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) granted the petition of public transport groups. In an order released on Wednesday, the LTFRB said the new minimum fare is applicable during the first four kilometers, with no increase in succeeding kilometers. For modern PUJs, the minimum fare was increased to PHP13 for the first four kilometers. "All PUJ services are directed to grant to qualified senior citizens utilizing their services a fare discount of not less than 20 percent of the approved provisionally increased/discounted fares upon presentation of their senior citizen identification cards," the order read. Students and disabled persons, it said, are also entitled to the same discount of PHP2.2 in PUJs and PHP2.6 in modern PUJs every day. "All PUJ operators shall post a notice of fare increase inside their pub
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board is scheduled to hear today the petitions of transport groups to raise the minimum fare for public utility jeepneys to as high as P5 amid the fuel price crisis.
"We had to address immediately the 6.50 fuel price increase yesterday that s why the board met today to resolve immediately the motion for recon for the provisional increase," Cassion said.