The Department of Transportation (DOTr) would not blink in its recommendation to increase passenger capacity in public transportation, road, and rail in Metro Manila to up to 100 percent amid concerns on the continuous threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In fact, DOTR Assistant Secretary...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) now wants to boost passenger capacity from 50 percent to 100 percent in public transportation, road, and rail, based on available medical literature, with pilot implementation in Metro Manila. DOTR123 The transport agency declared it is ready to defend its...
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...
President Duterte’s economic managers approved the grant of fuel subsidies, giving public transportation sector the much-needed relief from skyrocketing pump prices. The inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) announced Monday, Oct. 25, that the government will shell-out P1...
Malacañang will find a way to assist the beleaguered public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers amid the skyrocketing prices of pump fuel. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this assurance in a virtual press conference Tuesday, Oct. 19, or a day after a "big time"...
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...
DOTR123 The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has recommended increasing the passenger capacity in public utility vehicles (PUVs) to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) after the National Capital Region (NCR)'s quarantine status was downgraded...
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...
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...
Another senator has pushed to grill the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) after state auditors found that the agency used only one percent of its allocation for its service contracting program. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Francis...
Over 3,000 public transport workers have already received their first dose of vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) inoculation program. (Photo from Department of Transportation Secretary Art Tugade's Facebook) The workers, who include...
Party-list Rep. Claudine Bautista of Drivers United for Mass Progress and Equal Rights (DUMPER) continues to receive backlash for holding a "lavish" wedding amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic—this time by her constituents in the public transport sector. DUMPER Partylist Rep....
