dec 15
Tagumenyos all appear to be receiving one big Christmas gift from the City Hall- another P1 reduction of the tricycle fare from P8 to P7 if the flexi-fare ordinance will be followed to the letter.
Atty. Roland Tumanda, chairman of the City Transportation and Franchising Board, will meet with Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy this week to discuss on new and second fare cut for public utility tricycles in view of further oil price decreases following the latest reduced P8 fare charging from the highest P10 fare this year.
“There will be fare cut due to new oil price decreases,” said Tumanda, also the city legal officer.
As of yesterday evening, a gasoline station in the city sold gasoline at a price of P36 per liter, while diesel has P34 per liter, habal-habal driver Alexis Seno told Sidlak.
With the said price, regular fare should already be P7 based on the flexi-fare ordinance.
The city has now its flexible mode of charging tricycle fare following Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s confirmation of the city council’s flexi-fare ordinance which provides a bracket on tricycle fares depending on gasoline pump prices.
The City Hall already ordered for fare reduction to P8 fare from P10 last November 18 even as the SP had still to confirm the flexi-fare ordinance. The SP approved the ordinance shortly.
When the reduction was effected on that date, gasoline prices were already observed to have already breached below the P40 per liter mark.
Under the ordinance, the present P8 regular fare and P6 fare for students and senior citizens would mean that gasoline prices range from P40 to P49.99 per liter.
The CTFRB, under the ordinance, is the body which will call for fare increase or fare decrease from time to time.
Mayor Uy pushed the flexi-fare ordinance to adjust tricycle fare skipping the tedious ang long legislative process of enacting an ordinance in ivew of the volatibility of oil prices. There was then a fare increase from P7 to P10 approved by the city council which effected last September 19, but a week after Uy pushed the flexi-fare ordinance.
The ordinance’s bracket provides that if gasoline prices per liter (gpl) range P20 to 29.99 it will have P6 for regular fare and P4 for student or senior citizen; P30 to P39.99 gpl- P7 regular fare, P5 student/senior citizen; P40 to 49.99 gpl- P8 regular fare, P6 student/senior citizen; P50 to P59.99 gpl- P9 regular fare, P7 student/senior citizen; P60 to P69.99 gpl- P10 regular fare, P8 student/senior citizen; P70 to P79.99 gpl- P11 regular fare, P9 student/senior citizen; P80 to P89.99 gpl- P12 regular fare, P10 student/senior citizen; P90 to P99.99 gpl- P13 regular fare, P11 student/senior citizen; and P100 and above gpl- P14 regular fare, P12 student/senior citizen. (Cha Monforte/Rural Urban News)
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