PNA file photo MANILA - A newly-elected lawmaker on Wednesday urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to grant conditional amnesty for colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs) so that they could be included in the government's fuel subsidy and the Libreng Sakay program. In a statement, Quezon Representative-elect Reynan Arrogancia said there could be an estimated 1 million colorum or non-franchised PUVs, while only about 200,000 units or beneficiaries have been included in the fuel subsidy program called Pantawid Pasada. "Help the unit owners of colorum transport units get legalized so they can be part of the Pantawid Pasada fuel subsidy, the PUV Modernization Program, the 'Libreng Sakay' service contracting program, and the Boundary-Hulog program," Arrogancia said. Arrogancia also said the conditional amnesty program can start with the colorum public utility jeepneys and UV Express units. The amnesty can be initiated in Calabarzon, Central Luzon, and National
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