Oct 262014
Militant transport groups in parts of Metro Manila and Cebu started early Monday their protest actions against a joint admimistrative order imposing heavier penalties on colorums and other traffic violations.
In Quezon City, members of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) held their protests at Aurora Boulevard in Cubao, radio dzBB’s Glen Juego reported.
The PISTON members urged other drivers to take part in their protest caravan scheduled later in the morning.
Photos tweeted by Juego showed PISTON members carrying placards and using a public address system mounted on their vehicle to protest the Joint Administrative Order of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and Land Transportation Office.
The JAO, which went into effect last June, had imposed heavier penalties on colorums and other traffic violations.
PISTON members also held similar activities early Monday along the Alabang-Zapote Road in southern Metro Manila, dzBB’s Roland Bola reported.
Meanwhile, in Cebu, state-run Philippine Information Agency reported PISTON members joining the nationwide protest gathered in the Ibabao-Estancia area. —Joel Locsin/KG, GMA News
