An administration lawmaker on Tuesday, August 3 called on government to relax restrictions on public transport and the installation of checkpoints within Metro Manila and its neighboring localities in Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will retain the current public transport supply and capacity in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the August 6 to August 20 enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) although they can only be used by Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APORs). DOTr...
The current public transportation supply and capacity will be retained during the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila from Aug. 6 to 20, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. A Muntinlupa police officer checks passengers of a jeepney at the...
At least 5,000 public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and conductors at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) are expected to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as part of the inoculation program for transport workers of the Department of Transportation's (DOTr)....
In a bid to increase safe mobility, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has proposed the deployment of buses for commuters who have completed their vaccination against the coronavirus disease. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion talks to Trade Secretary...
In support of commuters’ appeal for more public utility vehicles (PUVs), Rizal 2nd District Representative Fidel Nograles on Tuesday, July 20, called on concerned government agencies to have a clear strategy that would solve the lack of public transport options in the Greater Metro Manila Area....
Twenty-three units of modern public utility jeepneys (PUJs) were launched on over the weekend by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Ilocos Norte to ply the Laoag City–Bacarra–Pasuquin route. (Photo from DOTr Secretary Art Tugade's Facebook) Transportation Secretary Arthur P....
First, the good news: Inflation slowed to 4.1 percent in June. This is lower than the inflation rate of 4.5 percent in March, April and May, but quicker compared with 2.5 percent in June 2020. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, whose primary goal is to ensure monetary stability, is cautiously...
The government is taking steps to facilitate a safe reopening of the economy but it will need the cooperation of the public. President Rodrigo Duterte talks to Light Rail Transit Authority Administrator Reynaldo Berroya inside a coach before leading the inauguration of the LRT-2 East Extension...
Despite the pandemic, the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) accredited 1,648 transport cooperatives with 154,898 members, the Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) Friday, (June 25) reported. “We registered 400 percent increase in the number of...
The Philippine Army (PA) will further boost its mobility with the expected delivery this year of 90 Russian-made, troop-carrying trucks worth P324 million, the Department of National Defense (DND) bared Sunday, May 30. Department of National Defense Spokesperson Arsenio Andolong (Photo courtesy of...
Workers scrape excess paint on the newly-demarcated bicycle lane in downtown Davao City, (Keith Bacongco) In order to decongest public transport as well as to promote a greener and healthier way to get around, the government has been busy building and setting up bike lanes throughout the country....
