Tag page - Department of Transportation

The Philippines government has resurrected a project launched in 2018 to provide refrigerated container vans or reefer vans to fishermen and farmers in order to reduce their post-harvest losses. On March 12, Agriculture Secretary William Dar, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, and Energy...

The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC),  private operator and maintenance provider of LRT-1, today (Oct 20) announced it's adjusting passenger loading capacity to 30 per cent gradually, up to 50 percent later on. To ensure health safety for all, the operator will implement passenger control...

State transport authorities and stored value or "beep" cards provider AF Payments Inc. (AFPI) remain deadlocked over the issue of making the cards free for commuters, as of presstime. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) AFPI today issued a statement to the media, effectively saying that the Department of...

Commuters should get the P30-50 stored value Beep cards for free once they buy the load for the fare, even with the minimum amount they need. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade is asking AF Payments, Inc., the consortium composed of conglomerates Ayala Group and First...

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) this Sunday (Sept 27) awarded the three remaining civil works contract packages for the P51 Billion Clark Phase 2 project - the Malolos-Clark extension of the North-South Commuter Railway System. The award of the...