The Insurance Commission (IC) announced that car owners can now claim twice the benefits in their mandatory motor insurance without any increase in premiums. In a statement on Tuesday, March 12, IC said that the regulator has updated the compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance (CMVLI) scheme...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II has ordered all regional directors and heads of licensing offices to set up priority lanes for the registration of motor vehicles with expired registration for at least one year. Mendoza said the order is part of the “Oplan Balik...
When Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza asked for financial data for possible reform measures to increase the agency’s revenue collections, he could not help but rub his eyes to check if he was just misreading the documents submitted to him. It was understandable since based...
Various government agencies have agreed to revisit the implementation of the rules and regulations on users' charge on all motor vehicles to address concerns of overloaded trucks plying the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and national roads, particularly in the provinces of Bulacan and...
Some of the tax measures that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is pushing may face rough sailing in the Senate, Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Thursday, July 27. Some of these tax measures, Escudero said, may even be blocked, especially if they will cause misery to an already...
Global autoparts brands distributor BSB Junrose has assured its customers that it will continue to carry the legacy and high quality of Koyo bearings during the ongoing transition of the brand into JTEKT. The name and logo change was announced and initiated in Japan in April 2022 following...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) launched on Tuesday, Feb 14, a program that would make the renewal of vehicle registration done online. LTO chief Jose Arturo “Jay Art” Tugade said the online registration of vehicles could now be done via online through the the Land Transportation...
A member of the Jericho Ubarro criminal group involved in carnapping was arrested by members of the Pasay City police Warrant and Subpoena Section (WSS) on Monday, June 6. Col. Cesar Paday-os, city police chief, said the suspect, identified as Byron Donggan who was using the aliases Byron Donggon,...
EDITORS DESK When first announced by the Land Transportation Office (LTO,) the Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) requirement prior to registration drew a lot of flack from motorists. The resistance was understandable as it was introduced at the height of the pandemic and the initial...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Thursday, Oct. 21, reiterated that the mandatory inspection of motor vehicles at private motor vehicle inspection centers (PMVICs) is still suspended. A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people crossing the overpass days after Metro...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade has directed the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to put on hold the implementation of the mandatory motor vehicle inspection system until issues have been fully resolved. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Tuesday, Aug....
With the recent memorandum of the Land Transportation Office, the Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) is once again being rolled out in areas where they are operable. Initially conceived to asses the road worthiness of vehicles being registered, there’s no doubt that this added requirement to...