ILOILO CITY — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is checking labor compliance and safety standards in Western Visayas following the fuel crisis caused by the ongoing Middle East conflict. DOLE, its attached agency Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC), and other partner...
A major reshuffle in the transport sector’s leadership moved Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II to the top post of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), replacing Teofilo Guadiz III, who will now head the Office of Transport Cooperatives (OTC)....
President Marcos has declared Oct. 19 every year as Transport Cooperative Day, citing the cooperatives' significant contribution to promoting collaboration and advancing public transportation. File photo In his Proclamation No. 723, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Oct. 28, Marcos...
The decision of President Marcos not to extend the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUVs) was supported by the "majority" of PUV operators, a transport official said. In a statement released by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), Office of Transport Cooperatives (OTC) Chairman...
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...