President steps into traffic row, orders apprehension of colorum PUVs

TO end the ugly spat between the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) over the issue of colorum (illegal) public utility vehicles (PUV), President Benigno Aquino 3rd stepped in and ordered the apprehension of all such vehicles in Metro Manila.

“Upon the directive of President Aquino, members of the Cabinet and the concerned agencies discussed solutions to remedy the worsening traffic jams in Metro Manila and to reduce congestion in the Port of Manila,” Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a news briefing in Malacanang on Thursday.