Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade has told contractors of the agency's projects to hire more people from the transport sector or overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly those who were left jobless by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOTr Secretary...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the construction of the "historic" Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 Project is now in full swing. (File Photo) According to Tugade, the PNR Clark Phase 1 Project currently has a 45.82 percent overall progress rate....
After almost three decades, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 Project is now on track, with a 45.82 percent overall progress rate, and “all moving forward,” Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade announced Wednesday night, May 26. 8494 “This is very...
Safer and more convenient walkways await commuters and pedestrians alike with the upcoming construction of the EDSA Busway Concourse Project next month, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. Conceptual image of the EDSA Busway Concourse. (Photo from DOTr) The DOTr led on Tuesday, May 18,...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has already distributed a total of P322.4 million in payouts to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers under the government’s service contracting program. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi now lives in his jeepney with his family after...
The first phase of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark segment stretching from Tutuban in Manila to Malolos, Bulacan is almost 50 percent finished, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said. (Photo from Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade's...
Partial operability of a segment of the Philippine National Railway's (PNR) Bicol Project is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. PNR123 Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the Department and its attached agency, the PNR, is...
Although traffic still lingers on EDSA during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade insisted that travel time along the country's main thoroughfare has already improved. (Jansen Romero/ File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In his speech...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the agency will distribute additional cash incentives to drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) under the government's service contracting program. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) Tugade said in an interview on Wednesday, May...
If Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade would have his way, he would instantly suspend agency personnel caught red-handed in activities of corruption. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo courtesy of DOTr Facebook Page) But as a government agency, the DOTr still has to follow...
The Duterte administration will deliver a total of 163 infrastructure projects worth P88.76 billion this year, either in partial or full commercial operation, according to Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade. At the Sulong Pilipinas: Pre-SONA for Economic Development and Infrastructure...
Two big-ticket projects in the railway sector are set for launch this year, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced on Monday, April 26. The LRT-2 East Extension Project (L) Common Station Project. (Photo from the Department of Transportation's Facebook page/ MANILA...
