Two drivers were apprehended in Muntinlupa as authorities started implementing the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) “no vaccination, no ride” policy on Monday, Jan. 17. Transportation Sec. Arthur Tugade issued Department Order 2022-001 on Jan. 11 limiting the access to public...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo told the transport sector that they will have a “say” on who she will appoint as the secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and head of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) if she wins in May 2022. Vice...
In the midst of the new COVID-19 surge, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade ordered the enforcement of a “no vaccination, no ride/no entry” policy initially in the National Capital Region (NCR). The “no vaccination, no ride” policy will be in effect while a COVID-19...
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to rise in the country, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed some of its personnel in Metro Manila to assist in the swab testing of people suspected to be carrying the deadly virus. A member of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Task Group...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sen. Dick Gordon was not able to push through with his scheduled visit to Bohol Province on Thursday, Jan. 6 but still tasked the organization to carry on with its "all out" response with the distribution of food and non-food items to...
A total of 190 personnel of Metro Manila's rail lines tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mandatory antigen testing amid a renewed surge in the number of cases in the capital region. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Transportation (DOTr) conducted on Monday,...
DOTR123 The Department of Transportation (DOTr) directed bus companies, public utility vehicles (PUVs) operators and transport terminals in the National Capital Region (NCR) to impose tighter health protocols as the region comes under Alert Level 3 starting today, Jan. 3, 2022 until Jan. 15, 2022...
Public transport operators in Metro Manila were directed to impose tighter health protocols inside public utility vehicles (PUVs) and terminals as the capital region was placed under Alert Level 3 on Monday, Jan. 3 until Jan. 15, following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon...
DOTR123 The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is maintaining 70 percent passenger capacity in all rail lines while enforcing health protocols onboard trains, stations and depots as Alert Level 3 takes effect in the National Capital Region (NCR) today, Monday, Jan. 3, after a new pandemic surge....
DOTR123 For the first time in its history, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) took an unprecedented number of projects to bring on the Golden Age of Infrastructure in the Philippines, spending P9 trillion from 2017 to 2022 under President Rodrigo Duterte's flagship "Build Build Build" program....
DOTR123 The 2,000 container trucks plying the Southbound area of Roxas Boulevard daily should transport their cargoes via barges linking the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) and the Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT) inTanza when the road is closed off in succeeding months. This is the...
President Duterte has been actively coming up with jokes that would make typhoon "Odette" victims laugh in his visits to the affected provinces. Senator Bong Go (left) and Governor Arthur Yap (Photos from Facebook/ MANILA BULLETIN) On Thursday, Dec. 23 in Tisa, Cebu City, Duterte recalled an old...
