Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the agency will distribute additional cash incentives to drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) under the government's service contracting program. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) Tugade said in an interview on Wednesday, May...
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) remitted a total of P13.9 billion dividends to the National Government (NG) from 2016 to 2019, its biggest in the last two decades prior to this administration. From 1996 to 2015, MIAA'S remittance totaled P11,149,527,394. In 2018, MIAA made its...
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) has remitted a staggering P13.9 billion in dividends to the national government in the first four years of the Duterte administration. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (L) and MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) According to...
We're your partner, not prosecutors. Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) Chairman Greco Belgica (Photo from Greco Belgica Facebook Page) Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) Chairman Greco Belgica reminded government agencies on Wednesday, April 28 that they are their...
If Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade would have his way, he would instantly suspend agency personnel caught red-handed in activities of corruption. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo courtesy of DOTr Facebook Page) But as a government agency, the DOTr still has to follow...
It took the efforts of the current administration to put a new roof on Ormoc City Airport after the old one was blown to bits by super typhoon "Yolanda" in November 2013. The rehabilitated Ormoc City Airport during its July 5, 2019 inauguration. (File photo/ Photo by the Presidential Communications...
The Philippines will be temporarily closing its borders to travelers from India to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease. (File photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced the restrictions on travelers from India will be implemented from April 29 to May...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) took to Facebook Monday, April 26 to flex its growing list of accomplishments under the Duterte administration during the past five years. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) Since the agency covers the land, sea, and air sectors, the...
The business sector has proposed a ten-point recommendation to the Duterte to push for economic recovery. At the Sulong Pilipinas Pre-SONA forum of the Economic Development and Infrastructure Clusters, Ambassador Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
The Duterte administration will deliver a total of 163 infrastructure projects worth P88.76 billion this year, either in partial or full commercial operation, according to Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade. At the Sulong Pilipinas: Pre-SONA for Economic Development and Infrastructure...
Two big-ticket projects in the railway sector are set for launch this year, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced on Monday, April 26. The LRT-2 East Extension Project (L) Common Station Project. (Photo from the Department of Transportation's Facebook page/ MANILA...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has facilitated free rides for over five million frontline healthcare workers and authorized persons outside residence or APORs this year. In a Facebook post Sunday, April 25, the DOTr revealed that its Free Ride for Health Workers Program has tallied a total...