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Francisco Motors Calls Out RACE Program: “A Subsidy for Foreign Automakers, A Betrayal of Filipino Innovation”

Manila, Philippines — September 3, 2025 – Francisco Motors, the country’s original and only Filipino-owned automotive manufacturer since 1947, has issued a strong statement against the recently issued RACE Program (Draft JAO No. 01-2025 – DOF-DBM-DTI-BOI Joint Admin Order re RACE Program), calling it a repeat of past foreign-biased policies that sidelined Filipino innovators. Chairman Elmer

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No Budget for Filipino Jeepney Makers: DTI’s USec Told Congress

Manila | August 2025 — At the Congressional Budget Hearing, the mask finally slipped. The Department of Trade and Industry’s own Undersecretary said it loud and clear: there is no budget to support local manufacturers of modernized jeepneys. Read that again. No budget. No plan. No priority. ❌ Betrayal in Broad Daylight For years, local

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Francisco Motors LLC Acquires Philippine Entity, Expands Global Operations to the U.S.

Los Angeles, California / Manila, Philippines — In a bold move to strengthen its global footprint and overcome challenges at home, Francisco Motors LLC (USA) has officially acquired eFrancisco Motor Corporation (Philippines), including all of its intellectual property rights, trademarks, and product lines. The acquisition marks a historic shift for the 78-year-old Filipino automotive brand,

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Speaker Romualdez Backs Filipino-Made Modern Jeepneys, Joins Francisco Motors in Driving Transport Modernization

Quezon City, Philippines — The Philippines’ journey toward a sustainable and inclusive transport future received a strong boost as House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez reaffirmed his full support for the country’s Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program, placing Filipino ingenuity at the center of this nationwide effort. On Saturday afternoon, Speaker Romualdez met with

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POPE MOBILE OF THEN POPE JOHN PAUL II (NOW A SAINT)

The closest we had ever been with a saint… Pope John Paul II.  Taken during the 1995 World Youth Day in Manila.  I was just 16 years old back then. The Philippine automobile manufacturer Francisco Motor Corporation produced the custom popemobile for the 1995 papal visit. It was funded by voluntary contributions from the private

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FREE WIFI INTERNET FOR ALL

Good news! When you turn on the WiFi feature of your smartphone, tablet or laptop and you see www.ElmerFrancisco.org, you may use it for FREE without any password! This is a public service project of www.ElmerFrancisco.org wherein we provide WiFi Internet Access to the general public for absolutely FREE in every Francisco Passenger Jeepney. Thank you!

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JEEPNEY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM MEETING WITH DOTR

GENESIS – The beginning of the modern day and much improved Francisco Jeepney! 👊🏽 In this meeting, I was given the go signal to produce the soon to become historic prototype of the new Francisco Jeepney that we would later on mass produce. Take note, even the prototype is already SOLD! As for me, when the

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JEEPNEY ART AT LOUIS VUITTON

Jeepney, Jeepney, Jeepney… Everywhere I go, I see Jeepneys… even at Louis Vuitton store! 😁 Even the French multinational giant luxury leather goods maker recognizes the icon! 👍🏻

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MEETING WITH INTEGRATED MICRO-ELECTRONICS, INC. (IMI) CEO ARTHUR TAN

Direction setting with AC Industrial President and IMI (Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc.) CEO Arthur Tan regarding the upcoming manufacturing of Filipino-made cars starting with the Francisco Jeepney project together with Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala. 👍🏻 Starting things right for our fellow-Filipinos with the top-quality Jeepney while in our Sunday outfit at my usual table at Makati Shangri-La’s

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ISUZU AT SMX

Meeting this afternoon at the SMX Booth with our natural long time partner Isuzu Philippines Corporation represented by their Assistant Section Head for Powertrain Section Adit Roa to discuss usual business stuffs also together with our Francisco manufacturing plant manager and my cousin, Carlos Camahalan, and the heir to my throne, Dominic. With us also, my schoolmate and Isuzu

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TOWARDS PUV MODERNIZATION…

Another step closer to the production of the all new redesigned, safer, more affordable and more environment friendly Francisco Passenger Jeepney that would again serve the Filipino people for generations to come. Subok nang matibay at maaasahan pang negosyo nang pangmatagalan. The challenge that we are trying to solve now is how to pull down

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MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF INVESTMENTS

Compared notes with my colleagues at Board of Investments this afternoon. We are all working together so that we could pull down the costs of production in relation to the PUV modernization program so that we could sell more affordable Francisco Passenger Jeepneys without sacrificing the quality. PEZA and BOI are both under the same

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