The Department of Transportation (DOTr) should commend the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel who are able to successfully drive away foreign vessels in the West Philippine Sea, saying congratulations are in order for these officers who bravely stood up for the country’s sovereign rigths,...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade is serious about his "job offer" to displaced public utility vehicle (PUV) workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) This, as Tugade reiterated his call to individuals from...
The Light Rail Transit (LRT)-2 East Extension starts operating Monday, July 5, and commuters get free rides for the first two weeks of the extended line's operations, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) Friday, (July 2) announced. President Rodrigo Duterte, together with Department of...
Will the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ever reimpose the number coding scheme? MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said it will depend on certain factors, one of them being the state of public transportation. He said they will...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran has defended the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) request for an additional budget to address its backlog of 18 million new motorcycle plates by 2022. DOTr Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran (File photo/ Screengrab...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is set to inaugurate Thursday, July 1, the two new stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) under the East Extension project. LRT-2 Antipolo Station (Photo from Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook) President...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, together with Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade and Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) Administrator Reynaldo Berroya, are leading the formal inauguration of the P4.5 billion LRT-2 East Extension Project today, July 1, 2021. It will start...
With the expiration of the Bayanihan to Recover As One ("Bayanihan 2") Act, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) was left with no choice but to temporarily suspend its service contracting program, which for the past few months facilitated free rides in public utility...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade, together with Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago, is set to inaugurate the rehabilitated and upgraded Port of Talaga in Mabini, Batangas on Wednesday, June 30. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago (File photo/...
Processes at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) such as the application for drivers' license or motor vehicle registration have been made easier in a bid to discourage clients from engaging with “fixers.” (MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante said the...
Despite the pandemic, the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) accredited 1,648 transport cooperatives with 154,898 members, the Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) Friday, (June 25) reported. “We registered 400 percent increase in the number of...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has advised drivers and conductors of public utility vehicles (PUVs) to take advantage of the government’s assistance program for transport stakeholders affected by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi now...
