When Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza asked for financial data for possible reform measures to increase the agency’s revenue collections, he could not help but rub his eyes to check if he was just misreading the documents submitted to him. It was understandable since based...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) vowed on Monday, Nov. 13, to run after motorists who would dare to escape from traffic enforcers who would flag them down for traffic violations as the higher penalties for those who would illegally use the EDSA Bus Lane has started. LTO chief Vigor D. Mendoza...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has warned motorists anew not to use the EDSA Bus Lane to escape traffic jams especially during the morning and rush hours as it starts the implementation of higher penalties for the violators starting Monday, Nov. 13. MMDA chairman Don Artes...
A passenger jeepney driver and the owner of the vehicle he was driving are now facing P2 million fine and imprisonment of up to 12 years for operating a colorum public utility vehicle (PUV). That would be the penalty on Benito Ollete and Julhapas Tantong if they are found guilty of violating the...
Legitimate transport operators have been losing 30 percent of their income due to operation of colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs), the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has disclosed. The complaints of the transport groups have prompted DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista to order the Land...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor Mendoza II has ordered the deployment of more mystery colorum vehicle drivers to maintain the integrity of the crackdown on colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs) following the arrest of six enforcers of the agency for alleged extortion. Mendoza said...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is seeking the full takeover of the online platform that was contracted by the national government from a German information technology (IT) company. LTO chief Asst. Sec. Vigor Mendoza II said the government takeover will not only expedite all the...
Amid the looming possibility of going back to paper-printed driver’s license following the issuance of an injunction that stops the delivery of plastic cards, Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II appealed to the company that filed the case not to pursue the legal battle...
Amid the issues and bickering of opposing groups on the online platform of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), its chief Asst. Secretary Vigor Mendoz II chose the path of moving forward in a bid to expedite the full digitalization of all transactions in the agency. In fact, Mendoza said they are...
A Quezon City Regional Trial Court has issued a Writ of Preliminary Injunction on the delivery of plastic cards being used in the printing of physical driver’s license, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) confirmed on Monday, Oct,. 23. In his decision QCRTC Branch 215 Judge Rafael Hipolito...
A Quezon City Regional Trial Court (QCRTC) has issued a Writ of Preliminary Injunction on the government’s procurement of plastic cards that are being used in the printing of driver’s license. Sources told the Manila Bulletin that the order was issued by the QCRTC Branch 215 on Oct. 13. The...
The full digitalization in all the transactions in the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is the best antidote to corruption, the agency’s chief Vigor Mendoza II said on Sunday, Oct. 22. “The thrust I am putting in to government is to digitalize most of our services to avoid face-to-face meetings...
