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MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno S. Aquino III asked the Department of Transportation and Communication to heighten the security in all airports, ports and terminals in the country in the wake of the explosion in the Brussels airport. Included in the heightened security are measures like checkpoints and x-ray screening of passengers and their baggage. Also included is the increased visibility of uniformed personnel. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, Metro Manila will soon have limousine taxis, inspiration for which was taken by the Department of Transportation and Communication in South Korea. Said limousine taxis aim to give comfortable, safe and convenient form of transportation. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) will install more closed-circuit television cameras in airports all over the country in order to counter “laglag-bala” incidents. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em> https://youtu.be/9lS2gOga18g
QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is inviting interested bidders to the Pre-Qualification (PQ) conference of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) 6 Public-Private Partnership project. The conference will be held on February 15, 2016 10:00 am at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria. The USD 1.446 billion PPP project is the latest rail project that the government rolled out. DOTC started inviting groups to prequalify and bid on the project last December 21, […]
Public utility vehicles that are at least 15 years old may emit more toxic substances in the air, according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)-6. Atty. Jose Mari Lamparero, LTFRB-6 legal counsel, said that DOTC (Department of Transportation and Communication) is still planning the phasing out of old and dilapidated jeepneys to lessen the harmful emissions from these vehicles. “Smoke emissions from these jeepneys contribute 20 percent to harmful emissions,” he said. […]
In the wake of the disallowance notice issued by the Commission of Audit against the Land Transportation Office regarding the release of new license plates, the Department of Transportation and Communication announced that it will put a halt on its collection of the Php 450 license fees for the renewal of license plates. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/1TxsAUcxQY0
The Department of Transportation and Communication explained that the implementation of the planned phase-out of old jeeps will not be fast and easy and may be fully implemented only in 2018. The DOTC added that there will be public consultation with those that will be affected by said plan. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) had announced that there will be no increase in the fare of the Light Rail Transit or LRT and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) next year. Said department assured the move when it defended its Php 42 billion budget for 2016, with Php 4 billion set aside for subsidy. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/zKN5nkIRCew
MAKATI City, April 15 (Eagle News) –The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) plan to amend several provisions of the Air Passengers Bill of Rights, in particular, the banning of overbooking of domestic flights during peak seasons. (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
MANILA, PIA – The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) will release list of delinquent car dealers who deliberately misinform their customers as to the status of their license plate applications. “The public deserves to know if their car dealerships are shortchanging them. We will release lists of delinquent dealers in the coming weeks to show which ones aren’t fulfilling their promises to their customers,” Secretary of Transportation Jun […]
Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary (DOTC) Jun Abaya is in favor of the temporary stoppage of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) operations during the weekends to conduct maintenance on said transport system.
