Department of Transportation (DOTr) Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran has defended the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) request for an additional budget to address its backlog of 18 million new motorcycle plates by 2022. DOTr Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran (File photo/ Screengrab...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is set to inaugurate Thursday, July 1, the two new stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) under the East Extension project. LRT-2 Antipolo Station (Photo from Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook) President...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, together with Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade and Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) Administrator Reynaldo Berroya, are leading the formal inauguration of the P4.5 billion LRT-2 East Extension Project today, July 1, 2021. It will start...
With the expiration of the Bayanihan to Recover As One ("Bayanihan 2") Act, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) was left with no choice but to temporarily suspend its service contracting program, which for the past few months facilitated free rides in public utility...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade, together with Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago, is set to inaugurate the rehabilitated and upgraded Port of Talaga in Mabini, Batangas on Wednesday, June 30. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago (File photo/...
Processes at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) such as the application for drivers' license or motor vehicle registration have been made easier in a bid to discourage clients from engaging with “fixers.” (MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante said the...
Despite the pandemic, the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) accredited 1,648 transport cooperatives with 154,898 members, the Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) Friday, (June 25) reported. “We registered 400 percent increase in the number of...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has advised drivers and conductors of public utility vehicles (PUVs) to take advantage of the government’s assistance program for transport stakeholders affected by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi now...
The two additional stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) which extends the rail line further to Antipolo will finally start operation next week, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced. LRT-2 Antipolo Station (Photo from Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook) "Yung...
The Duterte administration achieved more than triple the infrastructure accomplishment of its predecessor, from P820.4 billion between 2011-2015 to P2.536 trillion between 2016-2020, or a 209 percent increase. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar made the...
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has commended the vaccination program of the Muntinlupa City government and vowed to request more vaccine supply for the city. Transportation Sec. Arthur Tugade getting his second dose of the vaccine in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) During a...
Transport agencies have acknowledged the problem of long commuter lines at EDSA Bus Carousel stations, but they insist that things are still more organized and orderly than before. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The public has been criticizing the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land...
