QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – Coinciding with the supposed week-long, nationwide jeepney strike to protest the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program, The Adobo Chronicles conducted a preference survey among Filipinos.

The unscientific poll asked respondents which they preferred: the old, dilapidated jeepney, or the modern, minibus-like jeepney.

Overwhelmingly, Pinoys chose the modern jeepney, registering 80% of responses, compared to 20% favoring the old jeepney.

One respondent commented:

(That’s where I’m comfortable…that when I ride I smell good and when I alight I still smell good. Unlike that of the old jeepney, I’m fresh and newly-bathed, but when I alight I feel sour and am sweating profusely.)

By Jake Don

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Many government and private agencies stepped up to provide free transportation to commuters yesterday as jeepney operators and drivers began what was to be a week-long nationwide strike.

The strike was in protest of the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.

However The Adobo Chronicles learned that no commuters availed of this particular “libreng sakay” (free ride) in Manila: