MANILA, Feb. 1 -- Unconsolidated public utility vehicles (PUVs) are allowed to operate until April 30 as long as they are registered, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said Thursday.

LTFRB chairperson Teofilo Guadiz III cited Memorandum Circular 2024-001 which issued the guidelines on the consolidation during the period of extension and granted provisional authority to unconsolidated individual operators to operate until the extension of the consolidation deadline on April 30.

"Confirmation of units of unconsolidated individual operators may be allowed until April 30, 2024. The said units are allowed to ply the route as PUV only within the said period," the memorandum read.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos J...