Benguet vegetable truckers pleading exemption on Manila's truck ban

Some 50 truckers bringing daily more than 2,000 tons of fresh vegetables from Benguet Province to Metro Manila are asking for exemption on the truck ban imposed by the city government of Manila recently to avoid further losses on their highly perishable goods.

From here to Manila, the truckers have to travel some eight to nine hours traversing 257 kilometers. None of them use refrigerated truck.