Is ten pesos minimum fare fair?

The government should to something with the increasing number of colorum jeepneys and they should regulate the application of the franchising. Many jeeps means lesser income for the drivers because of the tough competition. I also understand the drivers but I know there's a lot better solution other than regular fare hike. Thank you so much for sharing Raine.

You have a good point in narrating your personal knowledge about this and I agree with your proposal on regulating such drivers. Anyhow, implementation would still be a big challenge for the enforcers because some of them are off bad traits also.

You are absolutely right. Everything are becoming expensive but the salary of the worker are not increasing. The business leaders are telling they can't allow increase because of blah blah blah but look how many Filipino are in the Forbes list of Richest people. I mean, the poor people get poorer while the rich people get richer. It is really unfair. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

I cannot say if that is indeed fair of course since I am a commuter myself I would normally feel it unfair of course. I think that there are still plenty of commuters out there that can fill up every public utility vehicle there is around. Removing them on the road could mean a lot of commuters would be affected. I would definitely blame the increasing oil prices as the main culprit why they are demanding to have their fares increased. That is their main source to be able to move from one point to another. With increasing oil prices means it decreases their earnings. Colorum jeepneys are a different topic in here. Their presence would not affect the fares since these colorums would also follow the fare implemented by law. They are just not paying the government any taxes as against those that have proper papers to operate PUVs. They cannot influence the price of fare to be hiked. But I think these colorums should be regulated and penalized when caught.

In peak hours yes, but how about in other times. In our place, there's too many jeeps and they are competing in picking up passengers. Also, I have observe there are many colorums too. Yes you are right, maintenance for the vehicles is not that cheap. But increasing the fare by two pesos would be too much and is this the only solution? Thank you fro sharing your thoughts.

Thank you for sharing these news. I often calls my mom and know things about the Philippines but she never mentioned any. Maybe because it happens almost every month ... i mean news about oil price hike. But for cybercrime law, I think they want to pattern the idea from China ... filtering all websites so now, we cannot use youtube, bloggers or others not allowed by the government unless we use freegate or vpn.

The Jeepney association here just laid a petition for the increase from 8 pesos to 10 pesos minimum fare. This is because of the continually increase in oil price. The cybercrime bill is another one that stirs outrage from people here. But now, there are talks that some of the questionable provisions of the said law will be revised and that I really hope so. Thank you for the response.

Yeah really bad news. Because if the minimum fare with increase, the fare itself will increase again and everything follows. I really wonder why e-jeep cannot be reproduce and we could also take advantage of the solar energy. Thank you for the response.

I agree with you, additional two pesos is too much. That 2 pesos everyday is so important for minimum wage earner Filipino. I hope the government can do a better solution to this problem. Thank you for the response.

The government should strictly implement rules regarding franchising and that includes the problem with smoke belchers and old jeepneys and buses too. I always see old jeepneys and buses that can cause harm or accident to the passengers. Also, they implement rules in overloading. I always see buses overloading with passengers and in fact they are already like sardines inside. I have experienced that and it is very hard especially when you are coming out from it. Also, this will just encourage snatching and similar incidents. Thank you for the response.

I understand them too but I think this is not the solution to their problem. This will just make life harder for most of the us. The government should do a better solution and not this fare hike. Thanks for the response.

The problem really is that the oil price keeps on increasing so the other commodities and yet the salary of the people is left behind. I just hope the government could do a better solution. Two pesos is still two pesod. Thanks for the response.