Transport group slams terminal fee hike in SM malls

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Dec 02, 2022 12:04 am

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.

Transport group MANIBELA, along with drivers and operators from different areas, paralyzed SM terminal operations on Thursday in Pasay City to protest the looming 300% increase in the terminal fee for the year 2023. Protesters also called on various government agencies to intervene in their issue and investigate Parks Solutions Inc. (PSI) for operating without proper government accreditation to operate as a transport terminal. PHOTO BY JOHN RYAN BALDEMOR

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