VIRAL: Netizens denounce high Tacloban airport transport fares

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VIRAL: Netizens denounce high Tacloban airport transport fares
Prices can reach as high as 4 times the regular fare

HIGH PRICE. Residents of Tacloban City are complaining about the cost of transportation from the nearby airport.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Commuters traveling to downtown Tacloban City from the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in nearby San Jose village are complaining about the unusually high prices being charged by public utility vehicle (PUV) operators.

In comments to a post on the I Love TACLOBAN facebook page, netizens recounted how they are being charged triple or quadruple the usual price. According to them, regular fare from the airport to downtown is P13, but if the passenger is from the airport, they are charged P50.

For vans or FX shuttles, regular fare is said to be P50 to P150, but for passengers from the airport, they are charged triple that. Passenger taxi drivers should charge by the meter, but are said to charge in excess of the price shown by the meter.

AIRPORT MODUS: BABALA SA MGA TURISTA/BISITA/BALIK-SIYUDAD. ITO ANG TARIPA NG MGA VANS, JEEPNEYS AT TAXIS SA…

Posted by I Love T A C L O B A N on Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Government action

Facebook user Haydee Tandinco said many PUV drivers at the airport have been charging excessive fares for a long time already.

“Pre-Yolanda pa sugad na ito it style hito nga mga driver dida ha airport. Hopefully, this time maaksiyonan na.” (It’s been like that for a while. Drivers have been doing it even before Super Typhoon Yolanda. Hopefully, the government will act on it.)

A city official quickly responded, vowing to look into the complaint.

In a text message, Vice Mayor Jerry Yaokasin told MovePH he will immediately call the attention of CAAP (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines), TOMECO (Traffic Operation Management Enforcement and Control Office), and LTFRB (Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board).

“At the same, we will request them to post a big signboard at the airport arrival area stating the approved legally mandated rates for PUVs plying the said routes,” Yaokasin added.

Yaokasin said it is “unfortunate that some drivers and operators will do everything to make a quick buck at the expense of our kababayans (countrymen), tourists, and even volunteer workers who are helping us.” – with a report from Voltaire Tupaz/Rappler.com

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