Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vallacar Transit (VTI)

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The result was keep. Lourdes 06:36, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Vallacar Transit (VTI)[edit]

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As per WP:ORG and WP:FAILORG. hueman1 (talk) 08:06, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:52, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:52, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:52, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or redirect to Yanson Group of Bus Companies if that article, which also covers this topic, survives its parallel AfD. No evidence of independent notability for this brand provided or found in searches, including Highbeam which includes Philippines media sources but in this case only mundane coverage. Fails WP:PRODUCT, WP:GNG. AllyD (talk) 07:19, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor 10:37, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kpg jhp jm 17:43, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Basilio, Enrico L.; Frielink, Barend; Acena, Jeremiah; Hernandez, Rafael; Faustino, Jaime (April 2010). Bridges across Oceans: Initial Impact Assessment of the Philippines Nautical Highway System and Lessons for Southeast Asia (PDF). Metro Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-971-561-896-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  The book notes:
  
  New Business Opportunities for Transport Companies
  
  With an expanded Ro-Ro network in place throughout the country, the trucking industry has widened its market coverage and is gradually undergoing a major transformation in the manner in which it conducts business. The following case study focuses on the impact of Ro-Ro on Vallacar Transit Corporation, the largest bus company in the Philippines.
  
  Vallacar Transit Corporation
  
  Vallacar Transit Corporation runs a number of major fleets, including Vallacar Transit, Rural Transit of Mindanao, Bachelor Express, and Ceres Transport. To date, it has the largest bus fleet in the country with more than 2,000 buses operating in the provinces of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao (Table 9). The following paragraph gives a list of the destinations as well as the routes being served by this company, which is already operating on nearly 8% of the bus routes in the Visayas and Mindanao regions, as well as parts of Luzon.
  [Table 9: List of Routes Serviced by Vallacar Transit]
  Within its Bacolod (Negros) transport hub alone, the Ceres Liner services the following destinations from Bacolod: Escalante, Minapasok, Dumaguete, Kabankalan, San Carlos via Cadiz, San Carlos via Don Salvador Benedicto, Hinoba-an, Candoni, Culipapa, Canlaon via San Carlo, Cadiz, Binalbagan, and Fabrica.
  The company is continuously exploiting new opportunities due to the expansion of the Ro-Ro network. For example, because of the opening of Ro-Ro routes linking Bacolod and Negros Occidental to Cebu (Escalante–Tabuelan and San Carlos–Toledo routes) and to Mindanao (via Damaguete–Dapitan link), Ceres' buses now service Cebu City and Zamboanga City. In 2008, the bus company extended operations from Cebu to the Samar-Leyte region, because of the available Ro-Ro links on the Tacloban (Leyte)–Cebu and San Isidro–Cebu Ro-Ro routes. In 2008, Ceres Liner pioneered inter-modal transport service (i.e., via land and Ro-Ro transport) from Cubao in Quezon City all the way to Zamboanga City using the Western Nautical Highway.
2. Viray-Mendoza, Vicky (2016-01-18). "Come ride the floating bus … Sakay na!". The Maritime Review. The Maritime League. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  From https://www.maritimeleague.com/index.php?page=maritime^WebCite:
  The Maritime Review magazine is published bimonthly on behalf of the Maritime League and is supplied to members as part of their annual membership package. The opinions expressed by the writers do not necessarily reflect those of the Maritime League.
  The Maritime Review is a useful publication reaching ship owners, ship operators, shippers, investors, merchant seamen, passengers, researchers, maritime students and many prospective clients and businessmen in the maritime field.
  In August of 2011, The Maritime Review launched the online version of its magazine, which can be found at http://maritimereview.ph. MaritimeReview.ph offers a platform for community discussions, real time news feeds, access to articles from past issues, and many more!
  The page lists an editorial board consisting of a chairman, a managing director, an executive editor, three members, and one staff member, so I consider the source to be reliable.
  The article notes:
  
  Vallacar Transit Incorporated (VTI) began as a family-owned and managed business that has grown from a lone 14- seater jeepney business called Ceres Liner plying a single route, to a conglomerate of transportation companies with a combined number of 4,000 transport vehicles nation wide. The company pioneered inter-modal services between Negros, Cebu, Mindanao, Leyte, Panay, and Luzon. It also pioneered inter-modal transport services utilizing the Strong Republic Nautical Highway from Cubao in Quezon City to Zamboanga City in Mindanao.
  Ceres Liner is an inter-city bus liner company under the umbrella of Vallacar Transit Inc., the largest public land transportation company headquatered in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. It operates bus transport service to all of Negros from Bacolod City to Panay, Cebu, Bohol, Samar, and Leyte.
  Ceres Liner was founded in 1968 by Ricardo B. Yanson and his wife, Olivia Villaflores Yanson. The lone jeepney led them to the jeepney-assembly business. In the early 1970s, when the market was flooded with Ford Fieras, the Yanson couple diversified into the small bus line business which plied the Bacolod City-Valladolid- La Carlota route (thus, the Vallacar Transit umbrella) and christened it Ceres Liner. By 1980, Ceres Liner’s services covered the whole province of Negros.
  In 1981, VTI ventured into Mindanao.
3. Bacongco, Keith (2012-12-19). "Bus firm cancels party, gives aid to 'Pablo' victims". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  The article notes:
  
  As a gesture of giving back to its passengers, who are typhoon survivors too, the Vallacar Transport Inc. called off its Christmas party and donated its Christmas party budget.
  ...
  Vallacar Transport Inc. operates the Bachelor Express and Rural Transport Mindanao Inc (RTMI). It is the largest bus fleet in the country, operating in major routes in Visayas, Mindanao and in some parts of Luzon.
  Vallacar also owns the Ceres bus line in the Visayas region.
4. Palaubsanon, Mitchelle L. (2016-12-16). "LTFRB-7 to Ceres: Don't stop operations just for party". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
5. Macahilo, Max N. (2015-08-06). "VTI to comply with LTFRB's GPS order". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
6. Yasa, Dolly (2014-04-14). "Bus firm eyes zero accident rate". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
7. Cańet, Carla N. (2015-07-29). "Vallacar Transit seeks lifting of suspension on Ceres buses". Sun.Star. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
8. Ellera, Teresa D. (2015-07-29). "Win-win solution sought on Vallacar lot donation". Sun.Star. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
9. "Vallacar, YRDC ask council to allow east terminal on donated property". Sun.Star. 2016-04-09. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
10. De los Santos, Maricyn A. (2016-11-18). "'Ordinance did not favor Vallacar'". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
11. Yasa, Dolly (2017-06-03). "Ceres will not join transport strike". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
12. Yasa, Dolly (2017-02-28). "Group claims success in transport strike". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
13. Celino, Felipe V. (2013-09-30). "Vallacar agrees to new transpo scheme". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
14. Guadalquiver, Nanette (2018-05-04). "Bacolod City gets P3.6-M bus donation from transport firm". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
15. Napallacan, Jhunnex (2003-12-17). "Firm penalized after mishap involving its bus". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Vallacar Transit to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 09:11, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Performing a third relisting per sources presented later in the discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:05, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as has significant coverage in reliable sources of press, books and magazines, including The Phillipine Star, Sun Star, Daily Guardian, Maritime Review Magazine, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 19:59, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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