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Editorial: PUVMP as a human rights issue

NO ENTRY Antiriot police block the protest caravan of Manibela and Piston, transport groups who have gone to the Supreme Court to question the legality of the government’s modernization program for public utility vehicles (PUVs), on España Boulevard, Manila. PUVs not yet consolidated into cooperatives or corporations will be deemed illegal after Jan. 31.
– RICHARD A. REYES

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4 transport groups to go to SC to support PUV modernization

TRADITIONAL RIDE A passenger looks for an available space in this traditional jeepney in Manila on Monday. Members of transport groups Piston and Manibela will join a nationwide protest today against the public utility vehicle modernization program that will phase out old jeepneys. —RICHARD A. REYES

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