The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board yesterday released a ‘Fare Guide’ addressed to all PUV operators, drivers and passengers stating the provisional fare increase for regular/ordinary services at P.50 for the first five kilometers and P.10 for every succeeding kilometer while air-conditioned services will have an adjustment of P.25 per kilometer.

LTFRB Regional Director Porfirio Clavel said the fare guide will be given to the operators for free with “no payment or whatsoever”.

The provisional fare adjustment is in addition to the existing LTFRB Approved Passenger Fare Matrix dated August 29, 2005 and the fare guide should be posted beside the existing fare matrix, Clavel said.

Federation of Bacolod City Drivers Associations president Elizabeth Katalbas said one of their members has already gotten a copy of the original fare guide and can start charging the adjusted rate.

To minimize operators’ expenses in going to Iloilo for a copy of the fare guide, she said they will advise FEBACDA members to ask their respective association presidents to get their copies for them.

“All they have to do is photocopy their registration papers and give it to their presidents who will present them to the LTFRB and get the fare guide for free,” Katalbas said.

Meanwhile, United Negros Drivers and Operators Center-PISTON chairman Rommel “Bebot” Santillan said the free fare guide is a welcome news to the operators despite their dismay over the P.50 fare increase.

Along with the other sectors in the community, he said UNDOC-Piston calls for the removal of the Reformed Value Added Tax from oil products which can immediately lower prices of gas per liter by P6.*NAB

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