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The Libreng Sakay (free bus ride) program that started in late 2020 is an initiative that shows government is listening to the people.

Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Tuesday, January 10 urged the government to expedite efforts to modernize the transportation system in the Philippines and make it at par with its neighbors in the Southeast Asian region.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has inked a Memorandum of agreement with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to work together in raising the quality of the country’s public transportation systems to be at par with global standards.

Have you found it a hassle to transfer between terminals at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)?

Senator Grace Poe has called on the government to start implementing a system that would help improve transportation services at the country’s airports.

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista have agreed to help expedite the distribution of fuel subsidies to thousands of tricycle drivers nationwide.

Senator Grace Poe said the Philippines still has time to overcome the shortcomings in the training and certification of Filipino seafarers.

Japan’s train systems are privately run and its operations are seamless, Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, November 10 said.

Move It said the position of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on the need to put in place a law that would allow the government to issue franchises to motorcycle taxi operators has boosted calls for this transportation option.

A local business group has urged to implement total system upgrade of the EDSA busway and bus service on the “Carousel Line” as well as its eventual privatization for cost effective operation of the mass transport system.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is optimistic that the expansion works at the Port of Currimao in Ilocos Norte will further bolster the tourism industry and woo investors and entrepreneurs in the Ilocos Region (Region 1).

President Duterte heaped praises on Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Admiral Leopoldo Laroya after his more than 38 years of service to the country and as the Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in the past five months officially came to a close.

Five senior officials of the Philippine Coast Guard are included in the list of the possible replacement of Coast Guard commandant, Admiral Leopoldo V. Laroya, whose mandatory retirement age is on Thursday, Feb. 10.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed a number of its personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City to assist thousands of thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who continue to return to their home provinces.

The “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy for commuters using public transportation in Metro Manila has been lifted on Tuesday, Feb. 1, as the capital region moved back into the more relaxed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Alert Level 2, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said.

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it would support the implementation of the “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy outside Metro Manila should local government units (LGUs) decide to adopt the same scheme currently being imposed in the National Capital Region.

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is looking to open vaccination sites in various transport terminals such as rail lines, airports, and seaports nationwide as part of efforts to encourage more people to get inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Some elevators and escalators at the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) stations have already been repaired, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Monday, Jan. 24.