The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) targets to fully implement its 10-year Maritime Development Plan (MIDP) by 2028 to boost the Philippines’ maritime industry by 100 percent. This will increase the sector's contribution to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from P720 billion to date...
The first of the three bays of the Ayala EDSA Busway Station, which Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) built inside its One Ayala building, officially started operating today, Saturday, November 19. By April 2023, all bays of the station will be operating. "The EDSA Ayala Busway Station will benefit mall...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is privatizing several infrastructure projects in two batches as part of the state's public-private partnership program (PPP). The first batch includes the NCR EDSA Busway and the North Long Haul Inter-Regional Railway (NCR-Ilocos, Cagayan). The second batch...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will fast-track the relocation of its existing poles that will be affected by projects of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), primarily the rail systems that will improve the country’s transportation network. To reinforce collaboration,...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) forged an agreement with fiber broadband network provider Converge, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, to provide free public Wi-Fi services in passenger terminals of nine international and domestic airports across the country. The DOTr-Converge agreement will improve...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has raised concerns that the impending budget cuts in the proposed budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) could potentially derail the country’s ongoing railway projects, particularly the North-South Commuter Railway System and the first phase of...
Senator Grace Poe said the Philippines still has time to overcome the shortcomings in the training and certification of Filipino seafarers. “The mere fact that they (European Union) have been accommodating and have not given us a definitive timeline, I know they appreciate the process we are...
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...
The Metro Rail Transit (MRT 3) is not for sale, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) categorically stated Wednesday, November 9. “Railway systems should remain the most affordable and safest mode of mass transit in the country,” Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista stressed. However,...
LRTA foregoes P30-M income in free rides By Emmie V. Abadilla The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) has foregone P30 million earnings in the first quarter of the school year under the Student Libreng Sakay (Free Ride) Program, the LRT2 operator declared in its statement late Monday, Nov.7. The...
BACOLOD CITY – People were stranded due to limited public transportation here on Monday, Nov. 7, after hundreds of unregistered Public Utility Vehicles did not ply the streets to avoid apprehension by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Franchising and Regulatory Board...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) conducted an inspection of the P735-billion New Manila International Airport (NMIA) in Bulacan over this weekend. Land development works are now being done at the NMIA’s 1,693-hectare site 35 kilometers north of Metro Manila, according to the DOTr statement...
