CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) defended its recent enforcement actions against riders of Maxim. LTO-7 Regional Director Glen Galario said the agency is launching a broader crackdown on illegal transport services and is not singling out Maxim riders. "We are not...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) seized 284 colorum vehicles in July as part of its intensified enforcement drive, while denying reports that motorists face penalties for failing to claim their license plates. LTO Chief, Asst. Sec. Vigor D. Mendoza II said the twin efforts are in line with...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) intensified its nationwide campaign against unauthorized public transport in June, which led to the apprehension of 252 colorum vehicles. Issuing a directive to reinforce ground operations, LTO Executive Director Gregorio G. Pua Jr. said the continued...
Vehicles apprehended and impounded in anti-colorum operations will no longer be released even if the registered owners would pay the hefty fine of up to P1 million, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) said in Tuesday, June 11. LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said the “No...
DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista, DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos and MMDA acting chairman Don Artes lead the signing of an agreement that will pave the way to the creation of a joint task force that wil run after colorum vehicles in Metro Manila. (photo: MMDA) The national government has stepped...
DILG Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. (File photo courtesy of MANILA BULLETIN) Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. said on Friday, April 12, that there shall be no sacred cow in the government's fight against illegal activities after...
A van owner and his driver are now facing up to 12 years of imprisonment and up to P2 million fine after they were caught using the vehicle as a public utility vehicle without necessary permits from the government. This, after the Parañaque City Prosecutors Office found sufficient grounds to...
LTO chief Asst. Sec. Vigor D. Mendoza II presides the command conference held on Monday, Jan. 22, 2023, and discusses strategies on how to effectively carry out anti-colorum operations and the "No Registration, No Travel" policy. (photo: DOtr) The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is now...
(Photo by Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN) Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III says "unconsolidated" public utility vehicles (PUV) drivers who will be caught plying roads beyond Jan. 31, 2023 will...
A passenger jeepney driver and the owner of the vehicle he was driving are now facing P2 million fine and imprisonment of up to 12 years for operating a colorum public utility vehicle (PUV). That would be the penalty on Benito Ollete and Julhapas Tantong if they are found guilty of violating the...
Legitimate transport operators have been losing 30 percent of their income due to operation of colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs), the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has disclosed. The complaints of the transport groups have prompted DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista to order the Land...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor Mendoza II has ordered the deployment of more mystery colorum vehicle drivers to maintain the integrity of the crackdown on colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs) following the arrest of six enforcers of the agency for alleged extortion. Mendoza said...
