Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is accelerating at breakneck speed, thanks largely to number-coding exemptions. But with no strategy to remove aging fleets, Metro Manila’s traffic mess is getting worse, not greener. Ask EV buyers why they’re switching and the answer is telling: it’s not...
Motorists can breathe a sigh of relief as Transportation Secretary, Giovanni Lopez, has stepped in to settle some issues with the LTO, particularly those being discussed lately because of a recent incident . The Transportation Secretary has just released a memorandum today regarding license...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday, Dec. 3, pushed for mandatory driver’s licenses and registration for e-trike users, warning that the absence of clear regulations has made traffic enforcement nearly impossible amid rising reports of road incidents involving the vehicles. During a consultative...
Starting December 1, e-bikes and e-trikes will be banned from major roads. The Department of Transportation (DOTr), together with the Land Transportation Office (LTO), made this commitment on Thursday, Nov. 27, during the Senate plenary deliberation of its proposed 2026 budget. It clarified,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Western Visayas has issued a show-cause order to a 30-year-old dump truck driver involved in a tragic accident that left seven people dead in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on June 27. The order signed by LTO-E.B. Magalona...
BAGUIO CITY – A Land Transportation Office official here was sacked for drunk driving on Tuesday, June 10. Police said the official was involved in a vehicular accident with another government official on Legarda Road at around 9:10 p.m. They were invited to discuss the incident at the police...
CEBU CITY – Imported right-hand-drive vehicles were seized in a raid in Talisay City, Cebu on Monday, June 9. The seizure of the 65 vehicles was in line with the instruction of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to conduct aggressive operations against those who compromise road safety, said Land...
License plates and driver’s licenses will soon be delivered right to the doorsteps of drivers and motor vehicle owners as the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has succeeded in pilot-testing its digital platform that will pave the way to home delivery service. Dubbed as the LTOTracker, LTO chief,...
photo: LTO The registered owner and the driver of the trailer truck that caused multiple vehicular accidents in Marikina City on Wednesday...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Office-6 has issued show-cause orders following two major vehicular accidents in Bacolod City and a southern Iloilo town during the Holy Week. THREE persons were killed and 17 others, including two policemen, were injured when a red Toyota Innova driven by an...
A Land Transportation Office (LTO) personnel inspects a private vehicle in Talisay, Camarines Norte on April 17, 2025. (Photo: LTO Region 5) The Land Transportation Office (LTO) urged motorists on Black Friday, April 18, to observe road courtesy and discipline this Holy Week to avoid being summoned...
LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II Over 1,700 enforcers were mobilized by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to monitor major thoroughfares and enforce the law against reckless drivers as the number of vehicles on the roads are...
