PUV drivers, owners can get cash subsidy: LTFRB
>> Wednesday, February 10, 2021
BAGUIO
CITY -- The national government is providing assistance to Covid-19– affected
public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators nationwide under Republic
Act 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act.
The direct cash grant subsidy provides PUV operators a 1-time subsidy of P6,500 per PUV unit that include Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)–registered public jeepneys, buses, UV Express and Filcab.
LTFRB-Cordillera regional director Lalaine Sobremonte said in Cordillera, there are 4,676 operators with 5,595 franchises and 5,848 authorized units that benefit from the program.
For PUV drivers, LTFRB is implementing the service contracting program, a performance-based subsidy that provides assistance to drivers whose livelihood have been greatly affected by the Covid –19 pandemic.
Under the program authorized drivers of approved units and opened routes can apply and sign a service contract agreement to qualify for monetary subsidy that will be based on kilometer-run and merit and demerit scheme that will be monitored by a systems manager.
LTFRB –CAR conducts regular orientation about the program, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with three schedules (10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.,
As of Jan. 25, 336 drivers signed the service contract agreement.
In partnership with the Dept. of Social Welfare and Development under its social amelioration program (SAP), LTFRB-CAR endorsed more than 13,000 possible beneficiaries for the P5, 500 cash subsidy, Sobremonte said.
As of Dec. 17, 2020, there were 4,480 approved qualified beneficiaries with 2,742 having claimed their SAP subsidy.
To avail of government programs faster, Sobremonte urged the transport sector to organize associations or cooperatives. -PIA Cordillera
The direct cash grant subsidy provides PUV operators a 1-time subsidy of P6,500 per PUV unit that include Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)–registered public jeepneys, buses, UV Express and Filcab.
LTFRB-Cordillera regional director Lalaine Sobremonte said in Cordillera, there are 4,676 operators with 5,595 franchises and 5,848 authorized units that benefit from the program.
For PUV drivers, LTFRB is implementing the service contracting program, a performance-based subsidy that provides assistance to drivers whose livelihood have been greatly affected by the Covid –19 pandemic.
Under the program authorized drivers of approved units and opened routes can apply and sign a service contract agreement to qualify for monetary subsidy that will be based on kilometer-run and merit and demerit scheme that will be monitored by a systems manager.
LTFRB –CAR conducts regular orientation about the program, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with three schedules (10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.,
As of Jan. 25, 336 drivers signed the service contract agreement.
In partnership with the Dept. of Social Welfare and Development under its social amelioration program (SAP), LTFRB-CAR endorsed more than 13,000 possible beneficiaries for the P5, 500 cash subsidy, Sobremonte said.
As of Dec. 17, 2020, there were 4,480 approved qualified beneficiaries with 2,742 having claimed their SAP subsidy.
To avail of government programs faster, Sobremonte urged the transport sector to organize associations or cooperatives. -PIA Cordillera
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