Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, October 26 welcomed the government’s move to abandon its loan negotiations with China for the P83-billion Mindanao railway project. This, after Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista recently announced that the government will no...
Iloilo Mayor Jerry Trenas urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to expedite the privatization and improvement of the Iloilo International Airport and the Iloilo International port located in Lapuz. According to the Iloilo Local Development Council (LDC), the privatization of the air and...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has confirmed the suspension of the policy of the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) on the mandatory removal of shoes in all airports across the country. With the suspension, passengers will only be required to remove their footwear when an alarm is...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime J. Bautista on Tuesday, Oct. 17, said he will not resign his post despite accusations of corruption against him and resignation calls hurled by Mar Valbuena, chairman of transport group Manibela. “Bakit ko naman papatulan ‘yung request...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista has filed a criminal case against two people who he accused of dragging his name into alleged corruption at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). Charged before the Department of Justice were Manibela chairman...
The transport strike staged by transport group Manibela has minimal impact on the transportation in Metro Manila and other regions, the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Monday, Oct,. 16. The LTFRB, in a report submitted to the Department of Transportation (DOTr),...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista has approved an additional subsidy for operators and drivers who would secure a loan for a modern public utility vehicle (PUV) under the government’s land transportation modernization program. From the existing P160,000 subsidy for...
More than 3,600 families who will be affected by the construction of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) South Long Haul Project in Laguna and Quezon provinces are guaranteed with housing units, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Wednesday, Oct. 11. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista is eyeing the filing of charges against the people, whom he said, were maligning him in connection with the alleged corruption related to franchise approval of modern jeepneys at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista has designated lawyer Mercy Paras Leynes as the officer-in-charge of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) amid the corruption allegations against the top official of the agency. In an order dated Oct. 10,...
Sen. Grace Poe on Tuesday, Oct. 10 urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to suspend the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) in light of the alleged corruption in the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). Poe who heads the Senate Public Services Committee said...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has started the construction of a two-kilometer bike lanes in some parts of the Commonwealth Avenue and Elliptical Road in Quezon City as part of its active and public transport infrastructure projects. The Quezon City project, according to DOTr Secretary...
