Domestic public utility vehicle (PUV) manufacturers will be given “more favorable incentives” to make them more competitive amid government plans to modernize the transportation sector, a Cabinet official said.

“We are promoting the local manufacturing of PUVs. They (PUV operators) should buy the locally manufactured vehicles to support the local industry and the jobs that will be created,” Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said at the sidelines of the European Union-Philippines Business Summit on Tuesday.

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