The Department of Transportation (DOTr) must allocate funding for Vigan Airport Development Project in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur under its proposed 2023 budget, a request made by a congresswoman from the north. Vigan Airport (Photos from DOTr) Ako Ilocano Ako Party-List Rep. Richelle Singson wrote a...
CEBU CITY – The implementation of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has suffered another delay. THE Cebu Bus Rapid Transit project has suffered another delay, project proponents announced at the Cebu City Mobility Summit 2022 at the Seda Hotel Ayala in Cebu City on Monday, Sept. 26. (CCTO...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing the addition of buses to the EDSA Busway (the EDSA Carousel system) as part of measures to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila, according to Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista. It is the objective of the DOTr to require bus operators with...
Over 6,000 informal settler families (ISFs) will be resettled under the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) railway infrastructure development plans. (Photo from Department of Transportation) During the House Committee on Appropriations budget hearing with the transport agency, Gabriela...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) was allocated a P166.7 billion budget under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP)--a 120.4 percent increase from its enacted budget worth P75.8 billion this year. Sec. Jaime Bautista and other officials of the DOTr at the Committee on Appropriations...
What will happen to the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) passenger utility jeepney (PUJ) modernization program now? (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) DOTr Undersecretary Mark Steven Pastor bared before the House Committee on Appropriations Tuesday, Sept. 13 that the agency's PUJ modernization...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista inspected the P977.9-million Sangley Airport over the weekend. First, he inspected the completed P515 million Phase 1 of the Sangley Airport Development Project, one of the Duterte administration’s key initiatives under its "Build,...
Transportation infrastructure projects can directly employ at least 80,000 Filipinos, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista announced during President Marcos’ Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) in Singapore, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. DOTR SEC JAIME BAUTISTA “The DOTr is...
The Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) will revolutionize the country's land transport system and make it at par with other countries, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista stated Thursday, September 1, 2022. Once the AFCS is institutionalized, Filipino commuters can pay...
Bulacan 6th district Rep. Salvador Pleyto Sr. has managed to get a commitment from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to at least look into the possibility of extending the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-7 to two more municipalities in Bulacan, namely Norzagaray and Sta. Maria. An MRT-7 train...
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao welcomed Monday, Aug. 29, the proposed modernization of the Antique Airport under the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) Aviation Infrastructure Program in 2023. THE tarmac of the Antique Airport, also known as the Evelio B. Javier Airport, in San Jose de...
A House leader has asked his congressman-colleagues to realign funds to the government’s "libreng sakay" or free ride program in order to keep it going beyond 2022. (Photo from DOTr) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this appeal at the start of the House Committee on...
