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...
After almost two decades, the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) that would link Quezon City to Bulacan is now on track for completion as the government is committed to make the rail line operational by the fourth quarter of 2022. (Photo from Department of Transportation) This, after President...
A world-class mode of transportation. President Rodrigo Duterte (second from left) sees the new MRT-7 train sets up close for the first time during their unveiling at Tandang Sora station on Dec. 15, 2021. (Screenshot from Facebook live) That's how President Duterte described the Metro Rail Transit...
Whoever said that President Duterte doesn't know how to have fun? (Screenshot from Facebook live) (Screenshot from Facebook live) The 76-year-old Chief Executive appeared to have a blast Thursday, Dec. 16 when he inspected the newly-unveiled train sets of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-7 along...
President Duterte and Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade are set to unveil the brand new train sets from South Korea for the much-awaited Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7). MRT-7 (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The first batch of trains to be deployed for the MRT-7...
President Duterte bragged about the state of the country’s airports on late Monday night, Dec. 6, describing them as "at par" with airports elsewhere. (Screenshot from Facebook live) Speaking during his pre-recorded "Talk to the People" public briefing, Duterte once again showed a recent clip of...
