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Al Jazeera
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Michael Beltran

SHOCKING: Philippines jeepney strike drives home modernisation concerns - What They Never Told You

The controversial jeepney modernisation plan was first announced in 2017 [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]

Manila, Philippines – Some 100,000 jeepney drivers in the Philippines have ended a strike over government plans to phase out one of the country’s most ubiquitous but polluting forms of public transport amid hopes the initiative will be changed.

Transport unions Piston and Manibela began the action on March 6, prompting schools in Metro Manila and many other areas to move teaching online and other businesses to work from home.

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