The transport strike staged by transport group Manibela has minimal impact on the transportation in Metro Manila and other regions, the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Monday, Oct,. 16. The LTFRB, in a report submitted to the Department of Transportation (DOTr),...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista has approved an additional subsidy for operators and drivers who would secure a loan for a modern public utility vehicle (PUV) under the government’s land transportation modernization program. From the existing P160,000 subsidy for...
More than 3,600 families who will be affected by the construction of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) South Long Haul Project in Laguna and Quezon provinces are guaranteed with housing units, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Wednesday, Oct. 11. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista is eyeing the filing of charges against the people, whom he said, were maligning him in connection with the alleged corruption related to franchise approval of modern jeepneys at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista has designated lawyer Mercy Paras Leynes as the officer-in-charge of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) amid the corruption allegations against the top official of the agency. In an order dated Oct. 10,...
Sen. Grace Poe on Tuesday, Oct. 10 urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to suspend the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) in light of the alleged corruption in the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). Poe who heads the Senate Public Services Committee said...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has started the construction of a two-kilometer bike lanes in some parts of the Commonwealth Avenue and Elliptical Road in Quezon City as part of its active and public transport infrastructure projects. The Quezon City project, according to DOTr Secretary...
This early, the passenger volume at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has already exceeded the figure registered in 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOT) disclosed on Sunday, Oct. 8. Citing their data, DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said NAIA has registered a total of 33,757,646...
The right of way acquisition for the areas where the EDSA Greenways Project will be constructed is now more than 50 percent complete, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has disclosed. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said they are now fast-tracking the processing of documents for all those...
A personnel of the Philippine National Police-Explosive Ordnance Disposal K9 (PNP EOD K9) Group inspects the vicinity of Bicol International Airport. (Courtesy of CAAP) The Department of Transportation (DOTr) allayed public fears over a bomb threat that gripped commercial airports in the country on...
Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista (Courtesy of DOTr) The Department of Transportation (DOTr) sought the help of multilateral lender Asian Development Bank (ADB) in funding the government's additional infrastructure programs. DOTr Sec. Jaime Bautista said the transport agency...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is now collating the statements of the 11 fishermen who survived the collision between a fishing boat and a commercial vessel near the Bajo de Masinloc on Oct. 2. Department of Transportation DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista said they are now awaiting for the final...
