Two local transport groups are asking Negros Occidental Gov. Joseph Marañon to bring to the attention of the President their request for the re-opening of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board extension office in Bacolod City.

The United Negros Drivers and Operators Center and the Federation of Bacolod City Drivers Association, in their joint letter appeal dated March 28, said there are 106,241 registered motor vehicles in the province and in Bacolod City that needs the services of the LTFRB extension office. It said a great number of these registered vehicles are public utility vehicles.

The letter, addressed to Presidential Assistant Ariel Lim of the Public Transport Office of the Office of the President, was signed by UNDOC Secretary general Jessie Ortega and FEBACDA president Elizabeth Katalbas.

Both groups claimed they had written LTFRB chairperson Ma. Elena Bautista requesting her to re-open the LTFRB extension office in Bacolod. Although Bautista wrote FEBACDA, assuring them that a mobile LTFRB office will be established in the city, she denied UNDOC's request.

Ortega said they have decided to seek the assistance of Marañon because of the complaints they have received from drivers. They are asking the Governor to help them resolve the problem.*CGS

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