Coronavirus: Philippine commuters cheer as affordable jeepneys restart transport services

Thousands of jeepneys, flamboyantly decorated jeeps that serve as cheap public transport across the Philippines, are back on the streets of Manila, bringing relief to companies and commuters who have struggled with coronavirus curbs.Dubbed “the king of the road”, an estimated 55,000 of these large, multicoloured trucks, used to crawl through Manila’s gridlocked roads on a typical day before being forced to a halt 15 weeks ago when the government imposed a coronavirus lockdown.Just 6,000 were…

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