The structural works for the Balagtas Station of the P106-billion Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark 1 (Tutuban-Malolos) is now 100 per cent complete, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced Friday, April 22. 79338 The project is the first segment of the North-South Commuter...
Reelectionist Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, April 20 called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), and Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to reconsider their decision to implement a new provincial bus schedule. The...
The pandemic has set back the opening of the P488-billion Metro Manila Subway by three years, to 2025, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has confirmed. Originally, target start date for partial operations for the subway's first three stations from Valenzuela – Mindanao Avenue Station,...
Senators on Thursday lauded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the “timely response” of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow the continued distribution of fuel subsidy to the public sector. “The order to allow the resumption of fuel subsidy distribution to public utility...
The pandemic took away two years of a six-year term of implementing projects and the administration's "Build, Build, Build" (BBB) infrastructure program "could have gotten a very excellent rating" without it. media This was the assessment made by Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary...
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...
