Bulacan 6th district Rep. Salvador Pleyto Sr. has managed to get a commitment from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to at least look into the possibility of extending the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-7 to two more municipalities in Bulacan, namely Norzagaray and Sta. Maria. An MRT-7 train...
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao welcomed Monday, Aug. 29, the proposed modernization of the Antique Airport under the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) Aviation Infrastructure Program in 2023. THE tarmac of the Antique Airport, also known as the Evelio B. Javier Airport, in San Jose de...
A House leader has asked his congressman-colleagues to realign funds to the government’s "libreng sakay" or free ride program in order to keep it going beyond 2022. (Photo from DOTr) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this appeal at the start of the House Committee on...
The Department of Transportation's (DOTr) Service Contracting Program (SCP), which makes the government’s "libreng sakay" or free rides initiative possible, doesn't have any allocated funding under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). (Photo from DOTr) This was revealed by DOTr officials...
A local business group has urged to implement total system upgrade of the EDSA busway and bus service on the “Carousel Line” as well as its eventual privatization for cost effective operation of the mass transport system. The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), in a letter jointly...
A digital advocacy group called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to consider using contactless payment system for commuters riding trains and other transportation amid the impending shortage of stored-value cards, popularly known as Beep cards. The DOTr earlier urged commuters to take...
Two government agencies appealed to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to suspend the implementation of the No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) for public utility vehicles (PUVs) that will be allowed to ply their routes for the opening of the face-to-face classes on Monday,...
Due to global chip supply chain problems, a beep cards shortage looms just as the country's rail transit system is fully normalizing, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) warned Friday, August 19. More passengers are expected to avail of Beep Cards and stored value cards (SVCs) as the bulk of...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)’s "timely release" of P1.4 billion for the continued implementation of the "libreng sakay" or free rides program until the end of December 2022. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) should ensure that maritime transportation should be safe and convenient for all Filipinos in adherence to the mandate handed down by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the Department of Transportation (DOTr). (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) This was the directive...
The Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) was one of the many big ticket infrastructure development projects initiated by former President Rodrigo Duterte. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (Facebook) Now, his son, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte, wants to make sure that it is being...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is "open to other sources of funding" although Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista has recently agreed to re-negotiate Chinese financing for major transport projects. "We are not limiting our options to China. We want to have different options. We are also...
