CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board denied the motion of the taxi operators to suspend the implementation of the reduction of P10 of the flag-down rate.

LTFRB Board Member Antonio Enrile Inton Jr. said the motion to suspend, filed by the Philippine Integrated National Taxi Operators Association, and the Metro Cebu Taxi Operators Association was based on a wrong premise.

Inton said the rules of LTFRB is that provisional orders related to fare adjustments, like the P10 flag-down reduction are immediately implementable upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

He said that since the P10 taxi flag-down was published March 9, this was implemented right away.

The petition for the reduction of taxi rate was filed by Rep. Manuel Iway (Neg. Or., 1st District), a Cebuano, who used to be the director of the defunct Land Transportation Commission, and an LTFRB board member.

The LTFRB Manila ordered the reduction of flag-down rate because of the cheap fuel in the market.

Benjamin Ryan Yu of the Cebu Integrated Transport Service Cooperative said he was saddened by the denial by LTFRB of Pintoa’s petition to suspend the implementation of reduced taxi fare.

“We will meet with all the members of MCTOA to get the consensus for our next move especially that the petition was submitted for decision already,” Yu said.*PNA

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