The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will resume on Monday, Sept. 13, its expanded free ride service for authorized persons outside residence (APORs) and essential workers nationwide. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus...
Operators of qualified public utility vehicles (PUVs) will start getting incentives from the national government as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) relaunched on Friday, September 10, the Service Contracting Program (SCP)....
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday, September 6, said the government should help the nation’s flag carrier, Philippine Air Lines (PAL), weather through its financial setbacks by setting in place mechanisms to alleviate their circumstances while they go about their restructuring plans....
The first batch of trains that will be deployed for the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project is expected to arrive in the country by the first week of September, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said. In a Facebook post, Tugade said these trains, consisting of six...
Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to look into the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) inability to properly disburse the funds allocated to it under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2, as well as other delays in the implementation of its major projects. De Lima, in...
Economic and tourism activities in Siquijor are expected to grow as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) unveiled Thursday, Aug. 26, two vital transport infrastructure projects in the island province. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade, Civil Aviation Authority of the...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade led the ground-breaking ceremony for the first ever K9 Academy in Southeast Asia which will be operated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine Ports Area (PPA) at a former American military base in Central Luzon. During the...
Manila Water Company, Inc.'s Clark Water Corporation (Clark Water) has undertaken the relocation of its water supply and wastewater assets that will be affected by the construction of the Malolos-Clark Railway, which is part of the government's North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Project. In a...
The Senate adopted on Tuesday, August 24, a resolution "strongly condeming" the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for continuing its motor vehicle inspection system (MVIS). Senate of the Philippines' plenary hall (Senate PRIB) No senator objected to the ratification of an unnumbered resolution...
Beneficiaries of the government's free train ride program for vaccinated Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APORs) have already breached the one million mark, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 24. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on its data,...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade has directed the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to put on hold the implementation of the mandatory motor vehicle inspection system until issues have been fully resolved. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Tuesday, Aug....
Senators on Monday, August 23, assailed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for again making the motor vehicle inspection system (MVIS) mandatory despite complaints from stakeholders and even President Duterte's order to suspend it. Senate of the Philippines (Senate PRIB) The matter was raised...