The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation wants to get to the bottom of the long queues of returning Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at local airports. Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop said that such long lines...
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...
A bill seeking to allow local government units (LGUs) to develop their own mass transportation system has been filed at the Senate. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, in filing Senate Bill No. 951 or the proposed LGU Transportation Act, said it is high time that LGUs are empowered to create their own mass...
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...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) should ensure that maritime transportation should be safe and convenient for all Filipinos in adherence to the mandate handed down by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the Department of Transportation (DOTr). (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) This was the directive...
Senator Grace Poe lamented on Saturday. July 30 that the proposed creation of a Philippine Transportation Safety Board (PTSB) was vetoed. ‘’The veto is unfortunate given that from 2016 to 2020 alone, a total of 483 accidents have been recorded in the maritime sector, while the road sector...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday, July 30, vetoed a bill that would have granted tax exemption to the honoraria, allowances, and other financial benefits of poll workers, and another that would have established a transportation safety board. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
A rendering of the Malolos–Clark Railway Project. (Photo courtesy of JICA.) Quality manufacturing that surpasses competitors Vinh Hung JSC is one of the pioneering enterprises building Vietnamese national brand of transportation mechanical equipment and exporting products to countries in the...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to renegotiate the loan agreements for three big-ticket railway projects as he expressed his desire to secure more investments in the rail transport sector, a Transportation official said. President Ferdinand...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday, July 4, that his administration will plan and launch more sustainable transport projects, programs, and activities for his second three-year term. Photo courtesy of VM Dodot Jaworski FB "Dadamihan pa natin ang mga electric vehicles natin sa ating lungsod....
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...
