Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade wants transportation authorities to get tough on public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers who fail to implement health protocols. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) Tugade specifically directed this...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade has told contractors of the agency's projects to hire more people from the transport sector or overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly those who were left jobless by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOTr Secretary...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the construction of the "historic" Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 Project is now in full swing. (File Photo) According to Tugade, the PNR Clark Phase 1 Project currently has a 45.82 percent overall progress rate....
After almost three decades, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 Project is now on track, with a 45.82 percent overall progress rate, and “all moving forward,” Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade announced Wednesday night, May 26. 8494 “This is very...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has handed over P21.127 billion in remittances to the National Treasury from 2017 to 2020--a huge uptick when compared to its fiscal output in the years before the Duterte administration. CAAP Director General Jim Sydiongco (Screengrab from...
The Light Rail Transit (LRT-1) Cavite Extension project has achieved a completion rate of over 50 percent under the Duterte administration. (Photo from Art Tugade's Facebook) Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade made this revelation over the weekend in his Facebook account,...
Safer and more convenient walkways await commuters and pedestrians alike with the upcoming construction of the EDSA Busway Concourse Project next month, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. Conceptual image of the EDSA Busway Concourse. (Photo from DOTr) The DOTr led on Tuesday, May 18,...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has already distributed a total of P322.4 million in payouts to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers under the government’s service contracting program. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi now lives in his jeepney with his family after...
The first phase of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark segment stretching from Tutuban in Manila to Malolos, Bulacan is almost 50 percent finished, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said. (Photo from Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade's...
Partial operability of a segment of the Philippine National Railway's (PNR) Bicol Project is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. PNR123 Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the Department and its attached agency, the PNR, is...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Sec. Arthur Tugade has assured the public that the construction of the breathtaking Bicol International Airport (BIA) will be completed within the year. (Photo from DOTr) To ensure that big-ticket infrastructure projects in the region remain on track, Secretary...
Although traffic still lingers on EDSA during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade insisted that travel time along the country's main thoroughfare has already improved. (Jansen Romero/ File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In his speech...
