DOTr partners with Seaoil PH to provide P405,000 worth of free fuel for buses in its free ride service

April 11, 2020

Starting Monday additional fuel subsidies will be given to buses participating in the Free Ride for Health Workers Program of the Department of Transportation (DOTr).

This, after Seaoil Philippines has pledged to provide, until April30, free fuel worth P405,000 to bus units ferrying medical frontliners under the DOTr's free shuttle service.

DOTr has announced that 15 bus units participating in the program can avail of up to 50 liters of free fuel daily, which translates to P22,500 per day or a total of 13,500 liters amounting to P405,000.

"We are very grateful to Seaoil Philippines for providing fuel subsidies to the bus units of our free ride program," Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade said.

DOTr earlier partnered with Phoenix Petroleum, Petron Corp., CleanFuel, and Total Philippines for fuel subsidies for bus units participating in the free ride program for medical frontliners.

Phoenix Petroleum has agreed to provide 50 liters of fuel daily to 60  private bus units participating in the free ride program.

Meanwhile, the Petron fuel subsidy, which was made possible through the donation of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Infrastructure, will give 60 bus units an allocation of 50 liters of fuel each day.

CleanFuel will also provide 40 liters of fuel for 20 bus units for free, while Total has allocated free fuel subsidies to 30 participating bus units at P1,000 per unit, or vehicles driven by medical frontliners at P300 per unit until April 17.

Free ride for healthworkers program covers medical communities in the National Capital Region (NCR), as well as in regions 1, 2, 3, 4-A, 4-B, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, CAR, and CARAGA.

As of  April 9, the free ride program already transported 35,873 health workers residing in NCR, and 87,702 from other regions, for a total of 123,575 medical workers. DMS