Manila, July 12 -- With 10 days more to go before President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his fourth state of the nation address (SONA) on July 22, his top presidential aide in the Visayas led Thursday the rolling out of the "golden age" of Cebu's transportation system.
In keeping with the Duterte's promise during his third SONA last year to modernize public transportation, Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino said the Land Transportation and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Central Visayas granted provisional authority to operate 298 modern public utility vehicles (PUVs), including 250 taxi units for the region.
Dino, head of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), announced the grant of provisional authority during the "Public Ut...