Japan’s train systems are privately run and its operations are seamless, Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, November 10 said. Poe issued this statement following reports that there are plans to privatize the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-3. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said the Metro Rail...
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 Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), in a letter jointly...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has praised the extension of the “Libreng Sakay” (Free rides) for the EDSA Carousel bus transit line, which President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. approved. Long queue of motorists seen at EDSA near scout Borromeo in Quezon City...
President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has nominated Jaime "Jimmy" Bautista as secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Jaime Bautista (file photo) “Bautista, a certified public accountant (CPA), worked at the country’s flagship Philippine Airlines (PAL) for 25 years and...
Travel around Luzon Island is now faster with the operation of several expressways that connect Metro Manila to many parts of the north, east, west, and south of the island. From the country’s first expressways – the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) built in...
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). (Courtesy of DPWH) DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade inspected...
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. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary...
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. President Duterte is expected to name Laroya's replacement from Vice Admiral...
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 deployment was part of the government...
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. (NOEL PABALATE /...
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. A “No Vaccination, No Ride”...
The government has set a deadline for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated workers in Metro Manila to complete their COVID-19 jabs to continue using public transportation under the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, the Department of...