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LTFRB 7 deploys 10 buses to provide free rides to health frontliners. (File photo)
+ April 17, 2021 THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 has started deploying 10 public utility buses (PUBs) for the second scheme of the free-ride service contracting program in Cebu on Friday afternoon, April 16, 2021.
LTFRB 7 Director Eduardo Montealto Jr. said the first batch of PUBs are all Ceres buses, operated by the Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI).
Three of the PUBs follow the route Naga City to Chong Hua Hospital Mandaue via South Road Properties-SM Seaside City-Mambaling-N. Bacalso-Imus Road and vice versa.
Four other buses travel from the Danao Provincial Hospital to the University of Cebu Medical Center and vice versa, while another three buses travel from the Banilad-Talamban Road to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center and vice versa.