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...
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,...
