BACOLOD CITY – Two truck drivers who yielded 15 grams of shabu worth P120,000 were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 28. TWO truck drivers were arrested by police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Robles, La...
Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop (Screenshot from Zoom meeting) A total of 172 out of the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) 350 branches no longer have plastic cards for driver’s licenses, House of Representatives members learned. The status of the plastic cards was bared by LTO Chief...
Two suspects who attacked a jeepney driver were arrested by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Novaliches Police Station (PS 4) at the Bigte-Novaliches terminal in Barangay Nova Proper, Novaliches, Quezon City on Friday, May 5. QCPD PS 4 Station Commander Lt. Col. Jerry Castillo identified the...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Friday, May 5, sought a Senate investigation into what he considers as "anti-poor" process of obtaining driver’s licenses in the Philippines, saying there is a need to streamline and make the process accessible to the marginalized sector. Tulfo filed Senate Resolution (SR)...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto says the lack of "smarts"--and not funds--is the real root cause of the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) plastic driver’s license card woes. “Not all...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has thumbed down the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) plan to print out temporary driver's licenses on paper amid the shortage of plastic cards. "The official receipt should be enough. Huwag na natin...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A ranking congressman is pursuing the exemption of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers from the payment of application or renewal fees when securing their professional driver’s license. House Bill (HB) No.7796, authored by CIBAC Party-List Rep. Bro. Eddie Villanueva, seeks to...
Senator Bong Go Senator Christopher "Bong" Go has called on the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to work together and address the current shortage of plastic cards for driver's license in the country. He emphasized the need for an immediate solution to...
Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) Senator Grace Poe on Friday, April 21, said the shortage in driver’s license plastic cards should be nipped in the bud before it could create another gargantuan backlog for the Land Transportation Office (LTO). Issuing a license printed on paper is prone to wear...
As the validity of the provisional authorities or franchise for traditional jeepneys will last only until March 31, a ranking official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) urged operators and drivers to join the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP). MB...
PUBLIC utility vehicle drivers in Zamboanga City undergo a surprise random drug test from the Land Transportation Office and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. (PDEA photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five public utility vehicle drivers tested positive for illegal drugs in a random drug test...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is now offering a free 15-hour Theoretical Driving Course (TDC) for applicants of a student permit in its Pasay City Licensing Center. Roque I. Verzosa III, director of the LTO-National Capital Region West (NCR-West), said the free driving course was offered...
