BY MARY JOY CAVAÑAS
ILOILO City – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 6 said there is still enough number of bus units to cater to the passengers from Antique to Iloilo and vice versa.
This assurance came following the 90-day suspension LTRFB-6 had imposed on the operation of 13 buses of Vallacar Transit, Inc. (VTI) under Franchise Case No. 11-VI-021-AK, wherein the bus that figured in a deadly ravine fall in Barangay Igbucagay, Hamtic, Antique had been a part of. They were plying the Iloilo to Caticlan-Aklan via San Jose and Pandan, Antique route.
LTFRB-6 legal counsel and spokesperson, Atty. Salvador Altura, said there are still more than 100 Ceres buses in operation.
These units were instructed by the VTI to only pass through the Iloilo-Antique coastal road via Tobias Fornier and Anini-y towns.
No bus shall pass through the Iloilo-Antique mountain road via Barangay Lindero, Hamtic.
Altura added that the VTI has assured they will ensure their bus units are in good condition before traveling./PN