‘Third town’ mayors want PUJs to enter city, too November 06, 2014 By: Wenceslao E. Mateo Jr. SEVERAL mayors in the so-called “third towns” met with Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog recently to lobby for the entry of public utility jeepneys (PUJ) from their respective areas to Iloilo City This, as the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) resumed the implementation of the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 2014-01 last Nov. 3. Raymundo “Boyet” Parcon, president of the Iloilo City Loop Alliance of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Associations (ICLAJOA), said the mayors are from the towns of Badiangan, Bingawan, Cabatuan, Calinog, Janiuay, Lambunao, Maasin, Mina and Pototan which are all in the 3rd district. These towns were previously allowed to enter the city before the implementation of JAO on October 18 under the car pass system of the City government. About 100 car passes were issued to the various transport groups which were allowed to deploy five PUJs to the city at a time. But with the re-implementation of the JAO, the LTFRB limited provincial public utility jeepneys, except those from the first and second towns, to the transport terminals. Parcon said that they have agreed with LTFRB, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and Councilor Plaridel Nava, committee on transportation chairman, to allow only PUJs from the 1st and 2nd districts to enter the city under the car pass system. “Well, we do not know how the mayor will react to the request of the mayors. But the provincial PUJs from the first and second districts may be arranged to bring passengers and cargoes to the Iloilo Terminal Market to address the problems of that market,” he said. Dante Mangalisan, president of the ITM, has complained of slow business after provincial jeepneys were barred from bringing goods and passengers to the market. Rey Delfin, Mabilog’s spokesperson, said that the mayor prepared a letter to the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC). He did not elaborate on the contents of the letter.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:06:27 +0000
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