Land Transportation Office (LTO) Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante said the agency would need at least a P2.5-billion budget to produce 18 million new motorcycle plates by next year. (Photo from the Department of Transportation) According to Galvante, the LTO has already manufactured at least...
Workers in the motor vehicle industry have opposed the inclusion of 2020 data on imported vehicles in the Tariff Commission’s investigation whether the imposition of safeguard measure against imported completely built up passenger cars and light commercial vehicles be made permanent or...
The House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation approved on Tuesday, June 1, the bill that would regulate the use of vintage vehicles. 1-PACMAN Party-list Rep. Eric Pineda reported to the committee the contents of the substitute bill to House Bill No. 8244, or the proposed "Vintage...
The House Committee on Trade and Industry on Monday, May 24 approved the draft bill on the proposed law that seeks to strengthen the competitiveness of the Philippine motor vehicle manufacturing industry. The panel particularly approved the draft bill on House Bill No. 1833 or the proposed...
No more gassing up, ever Are you ready to turn a new LEAF? Nissan Philippines certainly is with the official launch of its LEAF (Leading, Environmentally-friendly, Affordable, Family car) electric vehicle. With the LEAF, Nissan wants to give Filipino car buyers a cleaner mobility option, one not...
Counting carbon from factory to tailpipe What makes a vehicle green? For a vehicle to be considered ‘green’ it has to be fuel efficient, pollute less, and most critical of all, be efficiently-made. It’s easy to say but tough to do for machines that were initially conceived in the steam era....
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has further extended the registration validity of motor vehicles as a way to avoid overcrowding in its offices as it resumed operations in the Greater Manila Area this week. Land Transportation Office (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This, as the agency resumed...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the agency will distribute additional cash incentives to drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) under the government's service contracting program. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) Tugade said in an interview on Wednesday, May...
The Department of Trade and Industry will require motor vehicle dealers to allow outright cash mode of payment as an option amid complaints that buyers are forced to pay on installment basis only where interest rate is usuriously high. DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said at the Senate hearing by the...
DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo bB Ali Vicoy) Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Center (PMVIC) owners on Feb. 11 heeded the call of Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade to lower their current inspection fees for private vehicles from P1,500-P1,800, to P600 while there is a...
DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo bB Ali Vicoy) Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade today (Feb. 11) appealed to private vehicle inspections centers (PMVICs) to lower their inspection fees for private vehicles registering with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) from...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is automating its motor vehicle inspection system to ensure the roadworthiness of vehicles. Unsafe vehicles on the road can kill, Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade underscored. in 2019 alone, Metro Manila had a total of 121, 771 road crashes,...
