Tag: Department of Transportation

DOTr suspends 5 private emission testing centers for faking test results

(Eagle news) — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has ordered the suspension of five private emission testing centers (PETC) found to be falsifying emission tests results. The suspension came after the department’s Investigation Security and Law Enforcement Staff (ISLES) conducted a thorough probe where the five emission testing centers were caught to have falsified test results or entered false information regarding tested vehicles. The following were the emission testing centers which were suspended by the […]

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DOTr hails Clark airport guard for returning wallet containing P182,000

(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Friday, Jan. 18, lauded a guard at the Clark International Airport after she returned a wallet containing almost P200,000 which she found in the airport premises. Citing a report from Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President Jaime Alberto Melo, the DOTr said Lorna Brinosa, 39, found the wallet with P182,000 in cash on the floor of a nearby light post at the landside commercial area of the airport terminal. She […]

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DOTr: “Thorough” study required before motorcycles are allowed to operate as PUVs

(Eagle News) — For the Department of Transportation, allowing motorcycles to operate as public utility vehicles requires “thorough study, deliberation and assessment.” The DOTr issued the statement after a bill was filed seeking for the legalization of motorcycles as PUVs before the House of Representatives. The filing of the bill came after the operations of ride-hailing application Angkas were suspended in November last year. The DOTr has argued the motorcycles could not operate as PUVs […]

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Angkas asks SC to lift TRO effectively suspending the company’s operations

(Eagle News) — Motorcycle ride-sharing application Angkas has asked the Supreme Court to lift its temporary restraining order on a local court’s directive stopping the government from interfering in its operations. In its motion filed recently, Angkas argued there was no law regulating transport network companies. This means, it said, that  the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Department of Transportation do not have a right to stop its business. Angkas also pointed […]

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Tugade orders crackdown on Angkas drivers, operators

(Eagle News)—Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has ordered a crackdown on Angkas drivers after learning the motorcycle ride-sharing service was continuing operations despite a Supreme Court order. “Hulihin ninyo ang lahat ng Angkas riders na lalabag. Hindi naman tamang i-violate ng Angkas ang batas at ang Supreme Court order. Mali ‘yon,” Tugade said. According to Tugade, when the court issued a temporary restraining order on the Department of Transportation’s directive to stop Angkas operations, they followed. […]

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Holiday schedule ng MRT inilabas na

(Eagle News) — Pahahabain ng Metro Rail Transit (MRT) ang kanilang operasyon para higit na maserbisyuhan ang pagdagsa ng mga pasahero ngayong holiday rush. Ayon sa Department of Transportation (DOTr), simula sa darating na linggo, 16 ng Disyembre, ay mas maaga ng mahigit tatlumpung (30) minuto ang unang byahe ng mga tren na magmumula sa istasyon ng North Avenue. Pasado alas-onse naman ang magiging huling biyahe ng tren na magmumula sa istasyon ng Taft Avenue. […]

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DOTr: Truck in deadly crash in Laguna an old model, not registered with LTO

(Eagle News)–The truck that plowed into several vehicles and then rammed into place a bakery and a house in Sta. Rosa, Laguna over the weekend, killing at least six people, was not registered with the Land Transportation Office, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, the truck, which had been carrying steel bars at that time, was an old model that had been registered as a private vehicle in 2016. “Hindi ito isang […]

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News in photos: Bohol-Panglao International Airport, the PHL’s first-ever “eco-airport”

(Eagle News) — These pictures provided by the Department of Transportation show the country’s first-ever “eco-airport.” According to the DOTr, the Bohol-Panglao International Airport, which sits on a 22-hectare property in Panglao, can accommodate as many as two million passengers a year, more than double the annual 800,000 passenger capacity of Tagbilaran airport. The DOTr said the airport, which will be inaugurated today, Nov. 27, will start catering to international flights on Wednesday, Nov. 28.

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DOTr target ang paglulunsad ng passenger ferry na biyaheng Metro Manila patungong Cavite

(Eagle News) — Target ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) na makapaglunsad ng passenger ferry na bibiyahe mula Metro Manila patungo ng Cavite. Ito ay upang mabigyan ng opsyon ang mga commuter sa ibang pamamaraan ng transportasyon. Sinubukan na ng team mula DOTr sa pangunguna ni Sec. Arthur Tugade ang bumiyahe sakay ng ferry patungong Cavite. Mula SM Mall of Asia nakarating ang team sa Cavite Gateway Terminal sa Tanza, Cavite sa loob lamang ng 50-minuto. […]

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Rehabilitation ng MRT-3, ipagpapaliban muna

(Eagle News) — Ipagpapaliban muna ng Department of Transportation ang proposal ng Metro Pacific Investments Corporation sa rehabilitasyon ng Metro Rail Transit o MRT-3. Ayon kay Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, nais ng gobyerno na magsagawa pa ng bid sa operations at maintenance ng MRT gamit ang solicited route. Iba ito sa inimungakahi ng Metro Pacific Investments na gawing unsolicited ang gagawing bidding sa mag-sasaayos ng rehabilitasyon ng MRT-3. Bukod rito, nais ng bansang Japan na […]

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Tugade: Access pass holders not exempt from security checks in airport premises

(Eagle News)–Access pass holders are not exempted from following protocols being implemented in airport premises, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Tugade made the statement after ACTS-OFW Rep. Aniceto Bertiz was caught on video refusing to undergo a security check at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, citing his being an access pass holder. According to Tugade, “all of us must follow and respect protocols,” which are “set to safeguard security and order in […]

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Tugade: DOTr ready for onslaught of “Ompong”

(Eagle News) — Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Friday, Sept. 14, said the Department of Transportation was ready for the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong.” “We are at your disposal. Your government is ready to respond. We can weather the storm, together,” Tugade said in a  statement. According to Tugade, the agency would do its best to meet the needs of passengers who might have been affected by flight cancellations, among others. He said while they […]

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