MANILA, Philippines — Transport group leaders on Tuesday criticized the government’s approval of a P1 fare increase for jeepneys, calling it “a slap in the face” amid soaring fuel prices. “It is a slap in the face to our sector that petroleum prices, particularly diesel, were raised by more than one hundred percent, while the fare increase is only one peso,” Samahang Manibela, Mananakay at Nagkaisang Terminal ng Transportasyon (Manibela) president Mar Valbuena told Inquirer. This comes after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced on Tuesday a provisional fare hike of P1 for traditional jeepneys and P2 for modern jeepneys, […]... Keep on reading: Transport groups: P1 fare hike not enough, strike to proceed