CEBU CITY – Fourteen municipal police stations under the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CCPO) received brand-new patrol cars from the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, led...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – House Majority Leader Zamboanga City Rep. Mannix Dalipe and Mayor John Dalipe here turned over 12 brand new pick-up trucks to the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) at the City Hall grounds on Wednesday, December 27. REP. Mannix Dalipe and Mayor John Dalipe, together with...
ILIGAN CITY – The Bureau of Customs-Port of Cagayan de Oro intercepted two smuggled luxury vehicles misdeclared as used truck replacement parts at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, on December 15. ONE of the two smuggled Porsches in Misamis Oriental. (BOC-Port of...
LIGAO CITY, Albay – Fifty-two L300 service vehicles and three dump trucks have been turned over by the city government to barangays here. MAYOR Fernando Gonzales and Vice Mayor Jaypee David lead the turnover of 52 L300 service vehicles and three dump trucks to barangay officials of Ligao City....
A passenger jeepney driver and the owner of the vehicle he was driving are now facing P2 million fine and imprisonment of up to 12 years for operating a colorum public utility vehicle (PUV). That would be the penalty on Benito Ollete and Julhapas Tantong if they are found guilty of violating the...
Legitimate transport operators have been losing 30 percent of their income due to operation of colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs), the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has disclosed. The complaints of the transport groups have prompted DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista to order the Land...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor Mendoza II has ordered the deployment of more mystery colorum vehicle drivers to maintain the integrity of the crackdown on colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs) following the arrest of six enforcers of the agency for alleged extortion. Mendoza said...
The government is enthusiastically eyeing to massively shift gears into electric mobility by mid-century, but the road ahead for the Philippine transport sector is still navigating wobbly terrains on some policies as well as speed bumps on infrastructure development and supply chains, primarily...
CEBU CITY – Thirteen colorum vehicles were impounded as the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) intensified its crackdown on vehicles illegally operating as public utility vehicles (PUVs). LTO-7 regional director Glen Galario said the 13 vehicles were apprehended during random...
SINGAPORE – The prime business strategy that global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell will be pushing on for its deployment of electric vehicle charging facilities is to synergize it with its existing mobility stations, according to a global executive of the company. In an interview with Istvan...
SINGAPORE — Shell Philippines will be broadening the base of car manufacturer-partners in the nascent electric vehicle (EV) industry so it can viably support targeted ramp up of EV charging facilities’ rollout, according to a ranking executive of the company. In an interview on the sidelines of...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be introducing ‘smart tariffs or rates’ that will be tailor-fitted to consumers’ budgets and specific needs – be it for direct electricity services to homes and businesses; or on the charging of electric vehicles (EVs) as part of...