{"id":38217,"date":"2015-01-11T22:21:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=38217"},"modified":"2015-01-11T22:21:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T14:21:56","slug":"ltfrb-approves-50-centavo-puj-fare-cut-in-central-visayas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/11\/ltfrb-approves-50-centavo-puj-fare-cut-in-central-visayas\/","title":{"rendered":"LTFRB approves 50-centavo PUJ fare cut in Central Visayas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35017\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_181605137.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35017\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_181605137.jpg\" alt=\"(Tooykrub \/ Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_181605137.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_181605137-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_181605137-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Tooykrub \/ Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CEBU CITY &#8212; The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has approved the 50-centavo provisional public utility jeepney (PUJ) fare reduction in Central Visayas, an official said.<\/p>\n<p>LTFRB 7 director Reynaldo Elnar said the LTFRB board members approved his recommendation for the provisional fare reduction which may be set for implementation on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He said LTFRB board members, including chairman Winston Gines, will be in Cebu on Monday to attend a core group meeting on the proposed Cebu Bus Rapid Transit project.<\/p>\n<p>Elnar said it will be Gines who will formally announce the implementation of the jeepney fare reduction, as he does not have a copy of the order yet.<\/p>\n<p>The provisional fare reduction will bring the minimum PUJ fare in Central Visayas from P7.50 to P7.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, former Cebu City councilor Augustus \u201cJun\u201d Pe filed a petition before LTFRB 7 last December seeking reduction of jeepney fares by 50 centavos to slash the minimum rate to P7 from the current P7.50.<\/p>\n<p>Pe cited the series of fuel price rollbacks as a reason in filing the petition.<\/p>\n<p>Various transport groups attended a public hearing last December 16 but were divided on their stand.<\/p>\n<p>Some agreed for the fare rollback while some were against it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEBU CITY &#8212; The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has approved the 50-centavo provisional public utility jeepney (PUJ) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":35017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-eddie-o-barrita","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}