DOTr eyes private sector to operate MVIS for trucks, buses
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is looking at allowing private operators to run motor vehicle inspection systems (MVIS) for trucks and buses to hasten…
Gov’t moves to solve empty container return problem; groups shun planned truck holiday
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), and Bureau of Customs (BOC) will unveil within the month measures to address the persistent…
PH truckers, brokers threaten Nov. 19 ‘day of rest’
Several trucking and customs brokers’ organizations are planning a trucking holiday starting November 19 to force the Philippine government to address difficulties in returning…
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has inaugurated its own plate-making plant that will be used by the government to manufacture vehicle license plates quickly.…
DOTr chief fires employees at LTO, other agencies for alleged extortion
The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) has intensified its crackdown on corrupt officials and employees working at its central office and attached agencies. Transportation…
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has acquired plate-making machines to boost the Philippine government’s capacity to manufacture vehicle license plates on its own. Seven…
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) received an 11% hike in budget for 2018 to carry out improvements in the country’s water, air, road,…
TWG to study bill requiring PH truck drivers to attend driving school
The Philippine Lower House Committee on Transportation (COTr) has approved the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to fine tune and further deliberate…
A bill proposing to abolish the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Land Transportation Office (LTO) and consolidate their functions into one…
PH moratorium on truck overloading prohibition extended anew
The Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation (DOTr) have once again extended for another six months the moratorium…
CTAP eyes Duterte meet in attempt to quash 15-year truck age policy
The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines (CTAP) is planning to seek an audience with President Rodrigo Duterte to raise its concern over…
DOTr order effectively imposes 15-year age limit for trucks
Trucking organizations are seeking a dialogue with government to discuss a new order by the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) that effectively imposes a…
Revenue-generating agencies and offices under the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) remitted a total of P25.78 billion to the Philippine national treasury in 2016.…
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is planning to modernize its system to allow Philippine motorists to apply for their driver’s licenses and register their…
BOC, LTO seen as most corrupt agencies in latest SWS survey
Corruption in government institutions is perceived to have increased in the last few months of the Aquino administration, with the Bureau of Customs (BOC)…
BOC turns over 300,000 pairs of motor vehicle plates to LTO
Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina officially turned over 300,000 pairs of abandoned motor vehicle plates to Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Roberto Cabrera last week. In…
PH truckers seek extended freeze of anti-overloading rule
Philippine truckers will appeal for a one-year extension of the moratorium on implementation of the anti-overloading policy for trucks. The Department of Public Works…
