Minimum fares in public jeepneys today increase from P7.50 to P8.00; ordinary buses from P8.00 to P9.00; and air-conditioned buses, from P10.00 to P11.50.

This after LTFRB Chairman Thompson Lantion signed a directive last Sunday on the provisional increase of fares in NCR, Reg.3 Central Luzon, and Reg. 4 Calabarzon and Mimaro, which will be effective on May 21.

In Metro Manila, minimum fares in public utility jeepneys will be increased to P8.00 from P7.50. Fares in ordinary buses will be raised to P9.00 from P8.00. For air-conditioned buses, it will be P11.50 from P10.00. The fare hike will only be on minimum fares for the first kilometers of travel, not to the succeeding kilometers.