DAGUPAN CITY – Various transport groups and cooperatives in Region 1 have expressed their gratitude to President Duterte for the implementation of the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program. In an open letter addressed to President Duterte, the transport groups cited the remarkable...
Austal, an Australian shipbuilding company and defense primer contractor, is still keen to work with the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) procurement program of the Department of National Defense (DND) for the Philippine Navy (PN). Dave Shiner, regional director of Austal Asia. (Photo by MARTIN...
If reelected, Senator Risa Hontiveros vowed to continue pushing for the Security of Tenure Bill and measures that will help the transport sector keep up from the rising oil prices and jeepney modernization. Senator Risa Hontiveros meets the drivers and operators of the Zambales Olongapo Bataan...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is anticipating the delivery of the future BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702), the second 97-meter multi-role response vessel that it procured from Japan, next month. The Philippine Coast Guard is set to welcome the future BRP Melchora Aquino, a 97-meter long...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has called for a shift of national focus from a land-based security to maritime security. (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook) “The Philippines is a maritime state. Our domestic insurgency has forced us to focus much of our energies on land-based security, but...
75258 PCG taking delivery of P7-B multi-response vessels By EMMIE V. ABADILLA The Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) recently took delivery of the first of two P7 billion worth, 97-meter, multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) fleet. The BRP Teresa...
Manny Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) on Monday signed definitive agreements to purchase significant minority stake in Byahe (registered as On-Us Solutions Inc). The investment will be made through MPT Mobility Corp., MPTC’s unit for mobility services. L-R, front:...
A total of 25 senior officers of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) were promoted to become one-star general, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Monday, March 28. “Congratulations to the newly-promoted Chief...
TUAO WEST, Cagayan -- Travelers may now experience the first modernized public utility vehicle in this province. The five Modernized Public Utility Jeepneys (Class 3) units of Tuao United Builders Transport Cooperative which will ply the routes Tuguegarao City-Tuao, Cagayan via Piat were...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp (MORE Power) has dramatically improved its services, and has effected relatively lower electricity rates as its P1.9 billion modernization programs bore fruition since becoming technically Ilolilo City’s sole power distributor two years ago. Line men...
The Department of National Defense’s (DND) procurement of 17 units of Russian-made Mil Mi-17 heavy lift helicopters will push through even amid the latter’s ongoing military invasion in Ukraine. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) DND Secretary...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) bolstered its fleet with the arrival of two units of T-129 ATAK helicopters from Turkey on past Wednesday midnight, March 9, in Mabalacat, Pampanga. Two units of T-129 ATAK helicopter from Turkey arrive at Clark Air Base in Mabalacat, Pampanga on March 9, 2022....
