DAVAO CITY — The Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board in Region 11 has turned over 10 new modernized public utility vehicles to a cooperative in Digos City last Wednesday.

The agency turned over five utility vehicle express class 3 and five PUV class 3 to the members of the Davao Sur Transport Cooperative and each PUV can carry more than 20 passengers with only P3 fare difference from the regular jeepneys.

The MPUVs will ply Zone III, Digos City to Tacul, Magsaysay via Hagonoy and Matanao vice versa, and Zone III, Digos City to Upper Bala, Magsaysay vice versa routes.

Overall, a total of 27 MPUVs were turned over in Davao Region with seven were allocated in Davao Occidental and 20 in Davao del Sur.