Paolo Contis posted a cute photo of her two year old daughter smiling while wearing a standard car seat belt strapped on her face. Paolo accompanied the post with a reminder to always put on a seatbelt. “PAALALA: Laging magsuot ng seatbelt! Tingnan niyo naman si Summer.. safe na safe!”...
Anyone seeking a contract, accreditation or permit from the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) starting next month, February 2, must plant a thousand trees, or a hundred thousand if he wants to operate a port. The effectivity date marks the end of the 15-day publication period of the PPA tree...
For over a month now, Megawide-GMR's P109-billion Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Rehabilitation project remains in limbo, with not a single word of explanation from any of the three concerned government agencies why their Original Proponent Status (OPS) was revoked. This was what...
The progress rate of building the P5-bIllion Bicol International Airport (BIA), the completion of which had been reset from 2016 to 2020, is now at 72.2 per cent. The BIA project started in 1996 (pre-feasibility study) and the government issued the Notice to Proceed in July, 2009. It was supposed...
An airport is just that, a place to pass through to go to a plane that would take us to our intended destinations. But with travel far from being normal, we are excited with any travel-related updates, especially with the announcement from the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) last night (Jan. 4) announced it is finalizing a nationwide interoperable Automated Fare Collections System (AFCS) for all transport modes to provide convenient payment options for urban commuters. One part of the AFCS National Standards is the EMVCo...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), issued an advisory restricting the entry of travelers, except Filipino citizens, coming from 20 countries with reported cases of the new strains of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). CAB advised travelers on...
Effective midnight of December 29, 2020, all passengers originating from 20 countries will not be allowed to enter the Philippines. The list include: United Kingdom, South Africa, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Israel, Hong Kong, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore, Lebanon, Japan, Canada,...
Year-Ender On land, the lockdown grounded over 2 million commuters, leaving the country with prospects of a P520 Billion loss per annum if mass transport continues to operate at limited capacity. Thankfully, road infrastructure projects resumed as soon as quarantine restrictions eased. San Miguel...
Over 90 percent of transactions in the country’s toll roads are now via radio frequency identification (RFID) stickers, after transport authorities enforced cashless transactions since the month began, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) reported. Based on the AutoSweep and Easytrip daily reports, as...
Toll operators have agreed to conduct joint testing for the interoperability of their systems to make travel easier for motorists and commuters as soon as possible. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) today (December 7, 2020) announced that the SMC TPLEX Corp. (SMCTC), the Metro Pacific...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is urging the Department of Agriculture and Department of Transportation (DOTr) to facilitate the movements of food supplies to ensure prompt price normalization. Following the uptick in...
