Photo By: Josh Hernandez Founded in 2001 with just one bus, Jasper Jean is well-known among Caviteños is the go-to bus for Metro Manila trips. Since 2003, Jasper Jean is granted the franchise Pala-pala Dasmarinas Cavite - Navotas via EDSA route, the longest recognized city bus route before 2018 (59 kilometers, 1 km short of the 60-km city route distance limit). The LTFRB also approved the transfer to their name franchises of the Baclaran-Malanday and Cavite City-Baclaran routes sometime in 2008 or 2009. In 2018, its provincial routes were amended to ply the Dasmarinas-PITX route, and in 2019 it was awarded the Lancaster New City-PITX route after satisfactorily complying with LTFRB bid requirements. Jasper Jean's units are recognizable by the large, bold names at the windshield, its yellow and orange livery, and (especially in its earlier years, before the LTFRB regulated bus advertising) full-body wrap advertising first Cavite bus company to widely deploying advertisement-wrapp...

Due to the end of the effectiveness of Bayanihan to Recover as One Act on 30 June 2021, the implementation of the Service Contracting and Free Ride Program of DOTr and LTFRB will be temporarily suspended last 1 July 2021. Photo By: Roi Louie Estanislao Photo By: James Bryan Balabis Photo By: Jaiam Sarabillo This is because the funds used to pay for the drivers and operators involved in the Service Contracting and Free Ride Program come from the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act. Secretary Art Tugade, and the entire DOTr and LTFRB, believe that the Free Ride and Service Contracting is a big benefit to our passengers, as well as our drivers and operators, who are already compensated. Whether they are on board or not, they must pay the government for every kilometer they go. Reference: https://www.facebook.com/1416241841951073/posts/2939586226283286/

Partas 83408 | 86068 Photo By: Jaiam Sarabillo/PBPA On July 7, 2020, by Midnight, Partas Buses Arrived In Davao for the first time early morning for the Hatid Tulong Program which sends Locally Stranded individuals From metro Manila To their perspective hometowns. The Hatid Tulong Program is the government's endeavor to return back to their hometowns Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) in Metro Manila impacted owing to imposed lockdowns and travel restrictions bought by the covid-19 pandemic.  Interior Shots of Partas 83408 Photo By: Jaiam Sarabillo/PBPA

Annil A1001 Volvo B8R In Calinan, Davao City Photo By: Jaiam Sarabillo/ PBPA Annil's daily services has commence at its terminals at Bangkerohan and Calinan public market On February 16, 2020. Annil utilize its brand-new fleet of Volvo B8R city buses, equipped with modern features such as CCTV, electronic air suspension, anti-lock braking system, Euro 5 emission standard, PWD access, and kneeling capability, GPS, and WiFi, alongside its existing Yutong ZK6858 fleet to provide exceptional transport service to commuters around Davao. Annil 007 | A1001 | A1002 Photo By: Jaiam Sarabillo/ PBPA The company is the first Davao city bus operator to equip its units with Beep, a cashless fare payment system prevalent in Metro Manila railways and premium buses, as part of its modernization. Annil Volvo B8R Interior Shots Photo By: Jaiam Sarabillo/ PBPA This incarnation of Annil is operated by Davao Metro Shuttle Corporation, a well-known bus among Davaoeños and serving routes from Davao City ...

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 whi...

  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 c...

Bataan Transit's inclusion in the EDSA Carousel route is a surprise to many, but there is a special reason behind it. Photo: Khemachat Dhamrong-rattanaroj 2020      Late last week, Bataan Transit  made a stir in the bus enthusiast community as their brand-new Higer KLQ6129G low-entry city buses hit the streets of Metro Manila. Quite apart from being a fresh face at the EDSA Carousel busway , it was quite a surprise to see a company known for provincial  operations, especially since most provincial buses are still kept in storage, not allowed to traverse their usual routes without LTFRB's approval .     Most provincial bus companies today were either sitting idle in their home bases, being used as company shuttles, or already approved to resume limited operations by the LTFRB. Aside from a handful of provincial operators with obvious city routes (HM Transport and Santrans, for example), most provincial buses are not allowed to operate inside Metro Manil...