The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will start implementing the vehicle tagging scheme on all non-metered Asian utility vehicles (AUVs) and shuttle and tourist buses starting December 12.

Vehicle tagging involves the painting of the license plate numbers on the roof, front, back, and two sides of the utility vehicles.

The scheme will allow easy tracking and identification of traffic violators and out-of-line or "colorum" vehicles as the license plates of PUVs will be painted prominently on their roofs.

The MMDA has closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras that can capture images and identify erring PUVs.
A separate report on dzBB radio said that once the policy is in place, offenders face a P500 fine for the first offense, and a P500 fine plus possible cancellation of franchise for the second offense.

By Ted Torres (The Philippine Star) Updated August 15, 2011 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Petron Corp. and Chevron Philippines have reduced the pump prices of all their gasoline products by P1.50 per liter and diesel and kerosene by P1.70 per liter effective 6 a.m. today.

“This is to reflect the downtrend in the international oil market,” Petron said.

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Corp. also declared the same price range and its equivalent petroleum products as Petron’s but the rollback took effect yesterday evening.

Seaoil Petroleum Corp. likewise reduced pump prices but with a slightly different tact.