CEBU CITY – Kaohsiung buses, Ceres buses and Vans-for-Hire (V-Hire) will be placed on standby to help ferry passengers who will be stranded on Monday when transport groups hold a strike to protest the phase-out of 15-year-old public utility vehicles and older. Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) operations chief Francisco Ouano said the city is ready for the transport strike, which will be headed by Pinag-isang Samahan nga mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston-Cebu). If we see stranded passengers in a certain area, we will deploy the vehicles,” Ouano said. Ouano said the city’s preparations were finalized during a meeting with Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and other stakeholders at city hall on Sunday morning. He added that the LTFRB granted special permits authorizing buses to ply outside their routes on Monday./rga

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 26, 2017 09:35 UTC