MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) remains firm on enforcing the December 31 deadline for the application of franchise consolidation of Public Utility Vehicles (PUVs), Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista has said. Bautista stressed that the deadline is fixed and is set to make the transport sector more efficient and more sustainable. “Yung consolidation gagawin natin yan sa December 31 para mas maging efficient ang operations ng transport sector. Kasi kung mag-ooperate tayo individually, hindi masyadong magiging sustainable [ang operations],” he said in an interview over Radyo Singko on Wednesday. (We will conduct the consolidation on December 31 to make the operations of the transport sector more efficient. Because if we operate individually, the operations may not be as…
