FAIR AND SQUARE

Before leaving behind the story of Ninja Fixers of LTFRB Region 1 whose  main and solitary legacy was the circumvention of moratorium prescribed by the Board en banc for Baguio City and CAR by causing: a) the issuances of fraudulent and void PUV franchises without application, without payment of the filing fees, and the approval […]

The purpose of this repeat revelations is to acquaint the present City officials of the issuances of previous franchises by LTFRB in violation of the moratorium but were palpably not addressed by their predecessors thereby allowing thousands of public utility vehicles to operate in the city with illegal or void franchises or Certificates of Public […]

Note:  For reasons beyond the control of the writer hereof, the article following is instead published in lieu of Part 3 of Ninja Fixers (by the Editor)   The Ironies Of It All It was an irony that while the applications required to be filed by LTFRB under its Memorandum Circular No. 2019-016 which authorized […]

Measured from the fact that new franchises were still being issued by LTFRB Region 1 (later becoming LTFRB-CAR in 2003) despite the prohibition therefor by both DOTC and the LTFRB, it appears that my letter to Chairman Lantion and Secretary Mendoza requesting for investigation of irregularities in the LTFRB (as alluded to in Part 1 […]

Like the Philippine National Police (PNP) which has Ninja Cops among its rank-and-file, the LTFRB has also Ninja Fixers among its personnel and officials. While they differ in their composition and mode of operation, that is, ninja cops operate against people involved in illegal drugs, the ninja fixers operate illegally for people involved in securing […]

Following the issuance of Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2019-016 by the LTFRB on 26 March 2019, allowing 200 additional taxi units to operate on the route Baguio City / La Trinidad to any point in CAR, four (4) legal entities, a corporation and three (3) transport cooperatives, filed Applications for Qualification with LTFRB-CAR to qualify […]

Following the issuance of Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2019-016 by the LTFRB on 26 March 2019, allowing 200 additional taxi units to operate on the route Baguio City / La Trinidad to any point in CAR, four (4) legal entities, a corporation and three (3) transport cooperatives, filed Applications for Qualification with LTFRB-CAR to qualify […]

Read from the Programme of Activities that LTFRB published, the celebration of its 30th Anniversary this year will run for a week from June 14 to June 19 to be held in Quezon City with a Theme: “Pista ng Pagbabago sa LTFRB.” Just like the LTFRB’s observance of Anniversary in the past many years, I […]

Pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 2015-017, Provisional Authorities or PAs to operate Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) were issued to applicant members of Uhop Company by DOTr-CAR Regional Director Atty. Jose Eduardo Natividad. The said Provisional Authorities authorize the grantee to operate TNVS Service and to carry passengers on the route: Baguio City to any […]

After the Mega Taxi, Vehicle-for-Hire (VFH), the P2P, the GT Service and the UV Express Service, now come the Uber, Grab and Uhop services, all inventions of the LTFRB intended allegedly to enhance transport mobility of the public. These, notwithstanding the moratorium adopted and prescribed by the LTFRB upon recommendation of the City Council, owing […]