To help more workers amid the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has appealed to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to renew the authority of private emission testing centers (PETCs) nationwide to allow them to operate again. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has...
75258 PCG taking delivery of P7-B multi-response vessels By EMMIE V. ABADILLA The Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) recently took delivery of the first of two P7 billion worth, 97-meter, multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) fleet. The BRP Teresa...
75026 The Land Transportation Office (LTO) recently started operating its second automated plate-making machine for motorcycles, complementing the first machine for motor vehicle plates. The second machine is capable of manufacturing 450 motorcycle plates per hour, or 3,600 motorcycle plates in an...
DOTR Secretary Arthur Tugade during the meeting with DOTr road sectorcteam for the Cebu BRT. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is fast-tracking the P16.3-billion Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (Cebu BRT) project, which was originally scheduled to operate a crucial segment last year. Transportation...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today (March 28) welcomed another milestone in the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) with the Department of Transportation (DOTr)'s recent unveiling of the project's first trainset. The DOTr and the Joint Venture of Sumitomo Corporation and Japan...
A welcome relief for commuters. That's how PASAHERO Party-list founder Robert Nazal described the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) decision to implement a two-week dry run for the return of provincial buses on EDSA starting March 24. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday lauded the Duterte government’s latest effort to upgrade public infrastructure saying it shows President Duterte’s commitment to provide commuters faster and efficient services. Senator Bong Go (far left), President Duterte, Secretary Arthur Tugade...
media The Department of Transportation (DOTr), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and NLEX Corporation formally opened a new two-lane road on Monday, March 21, as an alternative route in and out of Meycauayan and Marilao, Bulacan. The Meycauayan-Marilao East Service Road occupies a...
CAGAYAN -- Authorities are advising motorists to follow the guidelines being implemented by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Region 2 (LTFRB) concerning health protocols or face consequences of being penalized and vehicles impounded. The reminder came after LTFRB Reg 2...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade on Friday, March 18, officially unveiled the country's first-ever eight-car Electric Multiple Train Set for the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos) at the Malanday Depot, Valenzuela City. The 160-meter train...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and all local government units (LGUs) should expedite the release and distribution of fuel subsidies to the 113,000 tricycle drivers and delivery services riders who are among the intended 337,443 beneficiaries of the P2.5-billion Pantawid Pasada program of...
PANGASINAN – The Department of Tourism Region 1 with the Pangasinan Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) continued to conduct an assessment and validation of potential adventure and nature-based tourism sites in Pangasinan. Mapita Lagoon in Aguilar. (Photo courtesy of the...
