Loan negotiations between the Philippines and China over the former’s multi-billion-peso infrastructure projects suspended during the later part of the Duterte administration have yet to start. This was revealed in today’s public hearing by the Senate finance sub-committee ‘’K’’ chaired...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, September 30 asked the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to come up with an effective solution to address the looming problem involving the shortage of ‘’beep’’ cards to spare commuters from further woes. At the Senate finance sub-committee hearing led by Poe...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, through a House Resolution, urged the House Committee on Appropriations to restore the budget for the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) “Libreng Sakay (free rides)” program and the allocation that would address the current backlog in license plates....
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) must allocate funding for Vigan Airport Development Project in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur under its proposed 2023 budget, a request made by a congresswoman from the north. Vigan Airport (Photos from DOTr) Ako Ilocano Ako Party-List Rep. Richelle Singson wrote a...
CEBU CITY – The implementation of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has suffered another delay. THE Cebu Bus Rapid Transit project has suffered another delay, project proponents announced at the Cebu City Mobility Summit 2022 at the Seda Hotel Ayala in Cebu City on Monday, Sept. 26. (CCTO...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing the addition of buses to the EDSA Busway (the EDSA Carousel system) as part of measures to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila, according to Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista. It is the objective of the DOTr to require bus operators with...
Over 6,000 informal settler families (ISFs) will be resettled under the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) railway infrastructure development plans. (Photo from Department of Transportation) During the House Committee on Appropriations budget hearing with the transport agency, Gabriela...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) was allocated a P166.7 billion budget under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP)--a 120.4 percent increase from its enacted budget worth P75.8 billion this year. Sec. Jaime Bautista and other officials of the DOTr at the Committee on Appropriations...
What will happen to the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) passenger utility jeepney (PUJ) modernization program now? (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) DOTr Undersecretary Mark Steven Pastor bared before the House Committee on Appropriations Tuesday, Sept. 13 that the agency's PUJ modernization...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista inspected the P977.9-million Sangley Airport over the weekend. First, he inspected the completed P515 million Phase 1 of the Sangley Airport Development Project, one of the Duterte administration’s key initiatives under its "Build,...
Transportation infrastructure projects can directly employ at least 80,000 Filipinos, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista announced during President Marcos’ Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) in Singapore, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. DOTR SEC JAIME BAUTISTA “The DOTr is...
The Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) will revolutionize the country's land transport system and make it at par with other countries, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista stated Thursday, September 1, 2022. Once the AFCS is institutionalized, Filipino commuters can pay...
