Will Duterte Be Able to Retire Our Beloved Jeepney?

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ccording to Mody Floranda, president of Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (Piston), a national union of jeepney drivers, banning 15-year-old jeepneys is not the right approach. Instead, his group wants old units simply refurbished to meet the standards set by "the decades-old Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program," writes Lorenz S. Marasigan of the BusinessMirror. Floranda continues, "it is very clear that we are not against modernization. But what we need is rehabilitation."