Malacañang expressed confidence Tuesday, Oct. 26 that the government would be able distribute the P1-billion fuel subsidy it had committed to the public transport sector before the end of the year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Presidential...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has welcomed ​the country's economic managers' move to release P1 billion worth of cash aid to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers in response to the continuous oil price hike in the country. In a statement Monday, DOTr said the fund will be...
Instead of a fare increase, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it is planning to implement programs that will provide financial assistance to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators as a way to cushion the impact of the rising pump prices. (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday, Oct. 18, issued a show cause order against two consortiums operating along the EDSA Busway for deploying insufficient numbers of buses on the route and for not paying the salary of their drivers and conductors under the...
A P12 minimum fare is being eyed by several transport groups as they formally filed on Wednesday, Oct. 13, a petition for a fare increase amid skyrocketing fuel prices and financial woes triggered by the pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Transport group leaders trooped to the Land...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said it will review the fare hike petitions to be submitted by transport groups amid the rise in fuel costs as holiday season nears. (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Kung sakaling mareceive ng aming opisina ang request...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) have rolled out an innovative monitoring system to track trips and even violations of public utility vehicles (PUVs) in real-time. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) During the launching on...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Wednesday, Sept. 15 assured that it would be able to pay public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers who participated in the government’s service contracting program. At the House Committee on Appropriations hearing on the proposed...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will resume on Monday, Sept. 13, its expanded free ride service for authorized persons outside residence (APORs) and essential workers nationwide. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus...
Operators of qualified public utility vehicles (PUVs) will start getting incentives from the national government as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) relaunched on Friday, September 10, the Service Contracting Program (SCP)....
Operations at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board's (LTFRB) offices in Metro Manila will remain suspended until the end of the month despite the region's shift to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). (File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Aside from restrictions under the...
Detained Senator Leila De Lima has called on the Senate to probe the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for failing to disburse funds to COVID-19 hit public utility drivers (PUV) under the Service Contracting Program. In filing Senate Resolution NO. 862, De Lima said the...
