By Rom Dulfo
MANILA -- Transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at
Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) announced on Sunday the cancellation of its
planned nationwide transport strike slated December 4-5.
Piston president George San Mateo made the announcement after Senator
Grace Poe vowed to hear their concerns in an "urgent" Senate hearing
on December 7.
"Pansamantalang pinagpapaliban natin ang tigil pasada bukas at sa
Martes nang sa gayon mabigyan din, maharap namin yung public hearing sa
December 7 at mas mapaghandaaan ang mas malaking tigil pasada sa darating na
Enero" (We have temporarily cancelled our transport strike tomorrow and on
Tuesday so that we can face the public hearing on December 7 and prepare for a
bigger strike on January), San Mateo said in a press briefing.
Poe, who chairs the Senate Committee on Public Services, earlier
appealed to transport groups to call off their planned transport strike and
"instead sit down" in a Senate hearing on the jeepney modernization
program.
Last Tuesday, transport groups Piston and No to Jeepney Phaseout
Coalition said they would stage another protest action against the government's
plan to phaseout old jeepney units.
On Friday, three local government units (LGUs) announced the suspension
of classes in anticipation of the planned nationwide transport strike. These
are: Albay — all levels (except schools in islands and far-flung areas, to be
determined by local school authorities); Camarines Sur — all levels; and
Guagua, Pampanga — all levels. (PNA)
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