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(Eagle News) — Light Rail Transit-2 commuters going to Pasig, Marikina, and Antipolo can enjoy faster travel as the LRT-2 East Extension line opens to the public on Monday, July 5. According to the Department of Transportation, passengers from Santolan to Antipolo and vice versa, can ride for free for two weeks following the request of President Rodrigo Duterte, who, with Transportation Secretary Art Tugade, inaugurated the project on Friday, July 1. Commuters will board […]
Don’t be the cause of the spread of COVID-19, Tugade tells “colorum” vehicle operators (Eagle News) — Transportation Secretary Art Tugade warned operators of “colorum” vehicles to stop violating laws and community quarantine restrictions in place and to not be the cause of the spread of COVID-19. Tugade gave the warning after authorities stopped 12 “colorum” vehicles that had tried to enter different municipalities in Bicol region. According to the Bicol Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction […]
(Eagle News) — Transportation Secretary Art Tugade has ordered all agency officials and some personnel to submit their Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net worth (to the DOJ-led task force that will investigate corruption in government. In a statement, Tugade said the order covers officials’ chief-of-staff, secretaries, executive assistants, and those involved in project management and procurement. Tugade said he has also already assigned a group and a point person who will gather and review […]
(Eagle News)–Transportation Secretary Art Tugade has urged authorities to “seriously consider” the opening of airports in areas under a general community quarantine. A statement on Saturday, May 2, said Tugade gave the instructions to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and airport authorities in a meeting on Thursday, April 30, via video conferencing. “The reopening of airports in GCQ areas to commercial aviation will gradually jump start airline operations now hard hit by the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation is studying the proposal for a unified cashless transaction system across all transportation sectors. The DOTr issued the statement after a meeting with private service and technology providers for this on Wednesday, Jan. 28. According to the statement, during the meeting, Transportation Secretary Art Tugade “outlined the objectives and requirements of the DOTr.” The statement added he gave the assurance the proposed systems would be given “due consideration based […]
(Eagle News)-Transportation Secretary Art Tugade met with the Parliamentary Delegation of the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan on Friday, Jan. 10, the Department of Transportation said. The DOTr said the meeting between the delegation headed by Japanese House of Councillors (HC) Member Iwai Shigeki, together with Koyari Takashi, Koga Yukihito, Wakamatsu Kaneshige, Chief Researcher Hiromatsu Akihiko, and Assistant Director Kondo Tomoya centered on discussions of the ongoing and future railway projects under […]
(Eagle News)–Transportation Secretary Art Tugade recently took public transportation and made unannounced visits in various terminals and offices. Grab driver Sherwin Balolong said in a Facebook post on Friday, Nov. 1, that Tugade was his passenger the day before. His post was accompanied by a picture of himself inside the vehicle, with Tugade and two others seated at the back. According to Balolong, Tugade’s group told him they took the bus from Alabang to Makati […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Bong Revilla has backed the grant of emergency powers to address the traffic problem, saying such will “facilitate and speed up” the actions of the government. In a statement, Revilla said he would ask the committee on public services led by Senator Grace Poe to reconsider its decision not to grant the powers to the President. “Totoo na marami namang kapangyarihan sa kasalukuyan kahit wala pang emergency powers. Pero mabagal ang usad dahil […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe on Friday, Sept. 13, maintained she was not against the grant of emergency powers for traffic problems to be addressed but said this “cannot be a shotgun approach.” “For you to give something as immense as the emergency powers, you have to be sniper accurate… It’s like giving a loaded gun to a child if they don’t have a plan,” she said. According to Poe, “there are already several laws in […]
(Eagle News)–Six officials of the Maritime Industry Authority and the Philippine Coast Guard have been relieved following the Iloilo-Guimaras sea tragedy that killed at least 31. Transportation Secretary Art Tugade said the relief of PCG station commanders in Iloilo and Guimaras, and the Marina regional director of Western Visayas was to pave the way for a “more thorough and impartial investigation.” Tugade issued the directive to PCG Commandant Admiral Elson Hermogino and MARINA OIC Administrator […]
(Eagle News)–Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has denied allegations he and other Cabinet members were on a trip to Japan with President Rodrigo Duterte as a reward vacation for the results of the midterm polls that were favorable to the administration. In an interview in Tokyo with Mindavote posted on the Department of Transportation Facebook page, Tugade said in the first place, President Duterte did not allow them to campaign for the elections. “Ano ipapabuya sa […]
(Eagle News) — The newly rehabilitated passenger terminal building and extended runway of the Marinduque airport were inaugurated today, April 11. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the inaugural ceremony of the airport, which had been “left in a dismal state for years” and has halted commercial operations since 2013, was led by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. The DOTr had allocated P9 million for the rehabilitation of the PTB. This includes the installation […]
