LTFRB suspends P2P bus services in major routes ‘until further notice’

What fresh hell is this?

“On Fri, Jan 6, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) suspended the operations of the point-to-point (P2P) bus service in several routes in Metro Manila,” reports John Ted Cordero on GMA News Online.

In a Facebook post, the P2P Premium Bus Service informed the public about the LTFRB’s suspension of its services from SM North, Trinoma, Eton Centris, SM Megamall, and Glorietta 5 “until further notice.”

The report noted: “P2P Premium Bus Service is an initiative by the LTFRB, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for point-to-point commercial bus services within Metro Manila, specially along EDSA. The P2P buses are run by private bus companies.”

For her part, LTFRB board member Aileen Lizada told GMA News Online that “the Certificates of Public Convenience (CPC) or the franchises of the P2P bus routes already expired last September.”

That said, we have to ask: So, why didn’t anyone do anything about it last year?