BAGUIO CITY – Four bus drivers and two conductors tested positive in a surprise drug test conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera here on Jan. 2. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Land Transportation Office-Cordillera conduct a surprise drug test on public...
CEBU CITY – Bus drivers at the South Bus Terminal here were subjected to a surprise drug test on Tuesday, Oct. 29, as authorities geared up for the influx of passengers for “Undas.” PERSONNEL of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central...
While ride-hailing apps have benefitted Filipino commuters, especially in Metro Manila, further increasing transport network vehicle service (TNVS) supply and legalizing motorcycle taxis would help fill lingering transportation gaps, according to the Paris-based International Transport Forum (ITF)....
PBA Party-list Rep. Margarita “Migs” Nograles (PPAB) Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Margarita “Migs” Nograles has had enough of so-called "kamote drivers". In a bid to protect innocent motorists and curbing reckless driving,...
The hotline of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has bogged down after more than 9,000 motorists tapped its Viber platform to avail of the fast transactions in getting their plastic-printed driver’s license. LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said they have already started...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government signed a Memorandum of Agreement with a prominent ride-hailing firm at the Zamboanga City Hall on Tuesday, June 4, in an effort to improve public transport operations and services here. MAYOR John Dalipe and officials of Grab Philippines sign a Memorandum of...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has suspended the driver’s license of the driver of a Mercedes Benz who allegedly shot dead a fellow motorist over a road rage incident in Makati City—and revealed that it is now in the process of permanently stripping him of the privilege to drive motor...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) assured that there would be no more backlog of driver’s license cards and car plates by July 1. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting on the modernization of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System in...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Three Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers have died due to heat stroke in Pangasinan. Bernard Tuliao, president of One Pangasinan Transport Federation, said two of the fatalities were members of their group plying the Calasiao-Dagupan route. The third was...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, May 2 urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to work with Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to procure modern private utility vehicles (PUVs). These PUVs, the senator said, can be leased to...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) received on Monday, April 15, around 600,000 more plastic cards--the delivery happened on the first day of the weeklong celebration of the agency's 112th Founding Anniversary. LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said the delivery is also...
Millions of pieces of plastic cards are expected to be delivered further this year to address the backlog on plastic-printed driver’s licenses, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Wednesday, March 27. In fact, DOTr Secretary Jaime J. Bautista said that in May this year, around 2.2...
