Transport group slams terminal fee hike in SM malls

PUBLIC transport to and from SM malls in Metro Manila, Bulacan and Southern Tagalog ground to a halt Thursday afternoon as operators and drivers refused to ferry passengers to protest the 300 percent increase in terminal fees and the impending implementation of additional dispatch fees in transport terminals in the said mall chain.

More than a thousand public utility vehicles that included passenger jeeps, shuttle services and UV Express vans stopped operating as drivers and operators joined the protest.