Malacañang has announced the movement of leadership in three transport agencies—Land Transportation Office (LTO), Land Transportation and Franchising Board (LTFRB), and Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC). In a message to reporters on Friday, Oct. 10, Malacañang said Special Envoy on...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Saturday, Sept. 27, directed all regional directors to submit reports on the effects of Typhoon “Opong" on offices and personnel to ensure timely assistance and full restoration of operations. LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said the...
Sixty-eight personnel of the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) Law Enforcement Service were dismissed from their posts as part of the agency’s intensified campaign against corruption, it was revealed on Friday, Sept. 26. LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said he terminated the...
A recently sacked official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) suffered yet another misfortune as the Land Transportation Office (LTO) suspended his driver’s license on Friday, Sept. 19, due to alleged abusive behavior towards a security guard of a gated subdivision. The LTO’s...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) defended its recent enforcement actions against riders of Maxim. LTO-7 Regional Director Glen Galario said the agency is launching a broader crackdown on illegal transport services and is not singling out Maxim riders. "We are not...
CEBU CITY – The battle line has been drawn for the top two officials at the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7). Glen Galario, regional director of LTO-7, filed a complaint asking the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas to investigate Arturo Apolinar, the agency 's assistant...
BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya -- Five employees of the Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Region 2 were arrested in an entrapment operation here for allegedly accepting P40,000 in marked money in exchange for unhampered operations and the release of an impounded vehicle on Sept. 1. Police said the operation...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas has been asked to investigate the second highest official of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7). Engr. Arturo R. Apolinar, assistant regional director of LTO-7, was accused of grave misconduct, conduct prejudicial to the...
CEBU CITY – “Part of a demolition job launched against me.” This was the response of Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) Regional Director Glen G. Galario to allegations that he is involved in corruption activities within his office. Breaking his silence a few days after...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced Friday, Aug. 29, a preventive 90-day suspension on the license of a bus driver involved in a road accident along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City that left 10 people injured. According to an LTO order, Ronaldo Bactong, the driver of the erring...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) said on Tuesday, Aug. 26, that it has issued a show cause order (SCO) to the registered owner of a vehicle that hit and injured a 74-year-old woman while she was crossing a pedestrian lane in Marikina City. Related story:...
A motorcycle rider initially flagged down by officers of the Department of Transportation-Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (DOTr-SAICT) for multiple violations tried to evade the authorities and led them on a foot pursuit in Tondo, Manila on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Based on...
