Stimulus package for Baguio jeepney drivers start May 4

 Travel permits for APORS renewed 

By Jessa Mardy Samidan

BAGUJIO CITY --- Drivers of the 357 jeepney units with Special Transport Permit operating during enhanced community quarantine will receive P300 per scheduled trip or P600 a week as financial assistance from the city government.

The financial assistance will be implemented starting Monday, May 4 until May 15, 2020.

The city government came up with program after the Land Transportation Office apprehended drivers collecting at least P20 as fare of market goers during the ECQ period.

Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong said with the financial assistance, drivers will revert back to collecting the minimum fare rate of P9 following Department of Transportation guidelines.

Only 10 passengers per travel will be maintained in consideration to social distancing. Driver and passengers should wear face masks outside of residence.

The Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) Association will have to get a Barangay Certification stating thay they were utilized to ferry market goers which will be the basis in the transfer of the fund from the city to the association and subsequently to the drivers.

Meanwhile, the City Engineering Office is preparing its economic recovery program for the transport sector to ensure smooth transition from ECQ to general community quarantine after May 15.

Meanwhile, due to the extended ECQ until May 15, all APOR, Errand Services and Food Services , issued from April 13 and onwards, having a validity until April 30, are automatically renewed until May 15, subject to possible changes should the need arise.

Those with above-mentioned travel permits need not apply for renewal.

Meantime, holders of relief travel permits who are seeking for a renewal may proceed to the Office of the City Mayor, subject to further assessment and instruction.

The city mayor’s office has also released updated list of locked down barangays/areas as of 6 a.m. April 28: San Luis Extension, Barangay San Luis, ) Woodsgate Subdivision, barangays Camp 7 and San Vicente; Purok 1, Camp 8; Teachers Village, Sto. Tomas Proper; Sitio Sto. Nino, Bakakeng Central;  Sector 5, Dominican-Mirador  and BGH Compound .