UV Express Back; Traditional Jeepney Routes Out This Week

After being sidelined for three months due to quarantine restrictions, UV Express units returned to the streets yesterday, to tepid commuter response.

“Roadworthy” traditional jeepneys will also be allowed, but the routes where they can operate in Metro Manila are still being worked out and will be released later this week.

Malacañang noted that traditional jeepneys are now allowed to resume operations in some parts of the country.

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said yesterday that the traditional jeepneys are now allowed in Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Davao region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos, Eastern Visayas and SOCCSKSARGEN regions; Bulacan, Pampanga, Cagayan de Oro, South Cotabato and Siquijor.

The public utility jeepneys, he noted, were permitted to resume operations due to the lack of transportation in those areas.