Classes, work in Philippines suspended with week-long jeepney strike starting on Monday (March 6)

Jeepneys are commonly known as the “Kings of the Road” and are the most popular form of public transport in the Philippines. - PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PEXELS via The Straits Times/ANN

MANILA, March 4 ( Philippines Daily Inquirer-ANN/Reuters): Several schools and local government units in the Philippines have suspended in-person classes and work operations in anticipation of a seven-day work strike organised by several transport groups nationwide next week.

The strike which is slated to start next Monday, according to transport group Manibela, is a protest against the impending phase-out of traditional jeepneys under the government’s implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernisation Programme.