CEBU, Philippines - The Department of Energy-7 is waiting for the implementing guidelines of the Pantwid Pasada cards after their head office announced the other day that the said cards are now reloaded with P1, 200.00.
DOE-7 Regional Director Antonio Labios said that jeepney units with plate numbers ending in “zero” shall be the first ones to receive cards.
LTO-7 regional director Raul Aguilos said that of the 11,666 Pasada Cards intended for the region’s PUJ drivers, only 7,920 were given since November of last year.
The remaining 3,000 cards were already returned to DOE.
The Pantawid Pasada Cards are given out to beneficiaries at no cost as the program is an interim measure of the government to cushion the impact of high fuel prices specifically among the public utility jeepneys.
The first Pantawid Pasada cards were pre-loaded with P1, 050.00.
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III issued Executive Order No. 32 or the so-called the Pantawid Pasada Program as fuel assistance for jeepney drivers. (FREEMAN)