THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Tuesday affirmed the cancellation of the franchise of Valisno Express Bus for the deaths of two passengers in Barangay Lagro, Quezon City in August
2015.
An agency member Ariel Enrile Inton said the board dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by the owner of the bus firm, and revoked the company’s certificate of public convenience.
He said Valisno failed to provide safe, proper and adequate service, committed misrepresentation by the use of illegal trade name, and operated unregistered vehicles.
In a motion, the firm’s owner Rosalinda Cando-Valisno said she did not allow one of her bus units (TXV-715) to divert its route and even posted a memorandum preventing the use of unregistered units.
She blamed the dispatcher for allowing the bus unit’s departure.
But Enrile Inton said Cando-Valisno’s contention was lacked merit.
On Sept. 10, 2015, the LTFRB board issued an order of cancellation of Valisno’s franchise when its unit figured in a road mishap in Lagro on Aug. 12, 2015.
At least two persons were killed and 18 injured.
“Even if the parties in the labor dispute were able to reach a compromise and that the Labor Arbiter has already issued an Order declaring the labor dispute closed and terminated, the use of an illegal trade name without prior approval of the Board is violative of the terms and conditions of the CPC to prevent misrepresentation,” the order read.
“The Board finds the allegation that the unregistered Valisno Bus with Plate No. TXV715 that figured in the incident was not supposed to traverse its route to be without merit. The fact that the dispatcher of the Valisno Express allowed the subject unit to depart the garage reveals that the respondent lacks control and supervision of her employees.”
The cancellation covers the company’s 24 bus units.
