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NCR jeep drivers start posting new fare matrices


With six days to go before higher fares take effect, many jeepney drivers in Metro Manila over the weekend started posting the new official fare matrices on their vehicles.

The matrices are needed for the drivers to charge the higher rates starting June 14, Saturday.

On Sunday, a photo posted on Twitter by GMA News' Julius Segovia showed a group of jeep drivers posting the matrices that would allow them to charge the new fares.


Last May 30, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board approved a 50-centavo increase in minimum jeep fares.

This increases the minimum jeep fare in Metro Manila and Central and southern Luzon from P8 to P8.50.

Under the order, fares will also be adjusted as follows:

- 50-centavo increase for the first four km, from P8 to P8.50
- 10-centavo increase for succeeding km, from P1.40 to P1.50

On the other hand, LTFRB chairman Winston Ginez said drivers cannot charge the new rates without getting the new fare matrix— Joel Locsin /LBG, GMA News
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