The first batch of the P65 billion LRT- 1 Cavite Extension Project's 120 train cars from Spain and Mexico are now in the country. After 19 years of delay, the project is turning into reality, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade yesterday announced during the trains' arrival...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) ordered round-the-clock construction of the P16.3 billion Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (Cebu BRT) so a crucial segment can operate within 2021. In a meeting last week, Transport Secretary Arthur P. Tugade declared he wants Package 1 of the Cebu BRT to be partially...
Megawide GMR Construction Joint Venture on Friday (January 22, 2021) officially handed over the P9. 36-billion Clark International Airport Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). After the symbolic...
Paolo Contis posted a cute photo of her two year old daughter smiling while wearing a standard car seat belt strapped on her face. Paolo accompanied the post with a reminder to always put on a seatbelt. “PAALALA: Laging magsuot ng seatbelt! Tingnan niyo naman si Summer.. safe na safe!”...
Anyone seeking a contract, accreditation or permit from the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) starting next month, February 2, must plant a thousand trees, or a hundred thousand if he wants to operate a port. The effectivity date marks the end of the 15-day publication period of the PPA tree...
For over a month now, Megawide-GMR's P109-billion Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Rehabilitation project remains in limbo, with not a single word of explanation from any of the three concerned government agencies why their Original Proponent Status (OPS) was revoked. This was what...
The progress rate of building the P5-bIllion Bicol International Airport (BIA), the completion of which had been reset from 2016 to 2020, is now at 72.2 per cent. The BIA project started in 1996 (pre-feasibility study) and the government issued the Notice to Proceed in July, 2009. It was supposed...
An airport is just that, a place to pass through to go to a plane that would take us to our intended destinations. But with travel far from being normal, we are excited with any travel-related updates, especially with the announcement from the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) last night (Jan. 4) announced it is finalizing a nationwide interoperable Automated Fare Collections System (AFCS) for all transport modes to provide convenient payment options for urban commuters. One part of the AFCS National Standards is the EMVCo...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), issued an advisory restricting the entry of travelers, except Filipino citizens, coming from 20 countries with reported cases of the new strains of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). CAB advised travelers on...
Effective midnight of December 29, 2020, all passengers originating from 20 countries will not be allowed to enter the Philippines. The list include: United Kingdom, South Africa, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Israel, Hong Kong, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore, Lebanon, Japan, Canada,...
Year-Ender On land, the lockdown grounded over 2 million commuters, leaving the country with prospects of a P520 Billion loss per annum if mass transport continues to operate at limited capacity. Thankfully, road infrastructure projects resumed as soon as quarantine restrictions eased. San Miguel...
