DOTR The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is enforcing a “no vaccination, no ride” policy to prevent another complete shutdown of both public transport and businesses like what happened in 2021, the agency insisted. "We are doing everything we can to maintain and keep our public transport...
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, Jan. 12, backed the decision of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to enforce a "no vaccination, no ride" in public transportations in the country. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.'s spokesman, said the DOTr's move...
Two senior congressmen aired on Wednesday, Jan. 12 contradicting views to the controversial “no vax, no ride” policy of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro chided DOTR for barring unvaccinated individuals from taking...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday scored the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for enforcing a “no vaccination, no ride” policy in the National Capital Region (NCR), saying it should not unfairly punish citizens when it cannot assure there is sufficient COVID-19 vaccines...
DOTR123 The “no vax, no ride” policy of the Department of Transportation will take effect Monday, Jan. 17, announced DoTr Usec Artemio Tuazon Jr, but it has already drew strong opposition from some sectors. But Leodegario "Ka Leody" Quitain de Guzman, chairperson of the socialist federation of...
In the midst of the new COVID-19 surge, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade ordered the enforcement of a “no vaccination, no ride/no entry” policy initially in the National Capital Region (NCR). The “no vaccination, no ride” policy will be in effect while a COVID-19...
SURVIVOR’S TALE Survivor's Tale By NIKKI REGIO (The author is a 38-year-old full-time mother of two doing a little bit of everything. She lives in Parañaque City.) May 7, 2020 was when we lost my mother-in-law to cancer. That was when COVID-19 cases were increasing and lockdowns were being...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday, Oct. 18, issued a show cause order against two consortiums operating along the EDSA Busway for deploying insufficient numbers of buses on the route and for not paying the salary of their drivers and conductors under the...
Beneficiaries of the government's free train ride program for vaccinated Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APORs) have already breached the one million mark, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 24. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on its data,...
Ride-hailing firm Grab Philippines has launched a new initiative in a bid to support the government's mass vaccination efforts against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Grab Philippines) Grab Philippines Country Head Grace Vera-Cruz said the company, through its GrabCar Bayanihan...
Railway commuters can ride for free at select stations of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 for two weeks. Photo of the newly built Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 East Extension Project in Antipolo City, Rizal. President Rodrigo Duterte led the inauguration ceremony of the LRT 2 Antipolo Station...
Additional bus units will be deployed in a bid to ease the long queues being seen at the EDSA Bus Carousel stations, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon City are forced to wait in this file photo after public utility vehicles (PUVs) were only allowed to...
