A major reshuffle in the transport sector’s leadership moved Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II to the top post of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), replacing Teofilo Guadiz III, who will now head the Office of Transport Cooperatives (OTC)....
Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson (left), Ako Ilokano Ako Party-list Rep. Richelle Singson (Facebook) Ako Ilokano Ako Party-list received a huge boost to its campaign recently by gaining the support of over 300...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has sought passage of a bill strengthening the rights of passengers using taxis and tourist car transport services. Gatchalian noted there is no law yet that establishes the rights of passengers with the goal of improving the standard of transport services in...
Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has denied ordering Police Col. Jovie Espenido to kill illegal drug users in Albuera, Leyte. Dela Rosa pointed this out in an ambush interview, saying he sees nothing wrong with telling Espenido put a...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte says there's much that needs to be done to cure the problems of the country's ailing public transport sector. The MRT-3 (Facebook) In a statement, the second-term congressman reckoned that "long-term solutions" must be implemented to the sector; these...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has inherited close to a thousand infrastructure projects from the Duterte administration. However, the biggest of these are still to be completed, like the P488-billion Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), one of the Philippines’ largest infrastructure undertaking...
House Deputy Speaker and Davao City 3rd district Rep. Isidro Ungab has backed President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s preference to give subsidies to the beleaguered transport sector instead of doing away with excise taxes on fuel amid skyrocketing petroleum prices. (File photo/ Ali...
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has urged both the current and incoming administrations to work together to address the many offshoot problems resulting from runaway fuel prices. Go, chairman of the Senate Health and Demography Committee, said it is necessary to implement measures to...
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...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo told the transport sector that they will have a “say” on who she will appoint as the secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and head of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) if she wins in May 2022. Vice...
Malacañang expressed confidence Tuesday, Oct. 26 that the government would be able distribute the P1-billion fuel subsidy it had committed to the public transport sector before the end of the year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Presidential...
