Nov. 2

Crischelyn Abayon, a senior high school teacher working for the Mactan National High School in Lapu-Lapu City, told SunStar Cebu that she spends P90 to P100 a ...

Nationwide, the number of new Covid-19 cases reported daily has dropped significantly from the peak of 33,000 last January to only 1,099 last Oct. But nearly half a million of them, or a whopping 454,835 students, are enrolled in the tri-cities of Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue and Cebu alone, of whom 357,935, being public school students, will need rides daily beginning Nov. According to Tumulak, around 1,800 tricycles are registered with the Talisay City Government. Mask wearing remains a requirement in public transportation to stem Covid-19 transmission. Of the number, two percent are currently under maintenance. (I just decided to endure the cost because it would also not be easy to have my daughter transfer to another school when she is now in senior high. The P12 base fare for the first four kilometers on a TPUJ is P2 lower than that for a modern PUJ. The distance from her home in Babag to her school is 10 kilometers. Montealto said the agreement was made during a meeting with Cebu’s MPUV cooperatives on Oct. AS MORE basic education students return to school with the start of full face-to-face classes on Nov. “Aside from students, I also have to compete with workers from MEZ (Mactan Economic Zone) just to get a seat on a jeep. To avoid getting late, Abayon must leave the house as early as 6 a.m.