If you think of travelling to Baguio, Victory Liner immediately comes to mind. Photo: Julius Angeles / Team PBPA (September 2019)        The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) presented a wonderful Christmas gift for provincial travellers from around Luzon and Mindanao as they approved the resumption of more provincial bus routes, many of them to key cities in the Philippines, this past week.     Memorandum Circulars 2020-051 E, F, G, and H, released from December 18 to 22, adds around a dozen more routes to the ever-growing list of transport options available to those living in the provinces, especially in Northern and Central Luzon . Many of these routes were targeted to resume on December 24 , in time for Christmas celebrations.     As with all other resumed provincial routes, all buses to Metro Manila will now terminate at designated common terminals , and all operators still need to secure their buses' QR codes which will serve as their special perm

  V ictory Liner is set to return to Cauayan and Apalit, with the other routes hopefully to open again soon. Photo: Teddy Kwon / Team PBPA (April 2018)     In time for the Christmas season, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)  released back-to-back memorandum circulars (MC) allowing the resumption of more regular and point-to-point provincial bus services from Metro Manila starting this month. LTFRB PRESS RELEASE 17 December 2020 LTFRB: 269 PROVINCIAL P2P PUBS, MAAARI NANG BUMIYAHE SA 10 RUTANG BUBUKSAN NG... Posted by Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board - LTFRB on  Wednesday, December 16, 2020     MCs 2020-051D and 2020-082 outlines the routes allowed to resume as local government units slowly open up their borders to travellers from outside their areas. In line with updated government policy, all regular buses have to terminate at designated common terminals at the outskirts of Metro Manila, where connecting city buses serve to take