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MAKATI City, Philippines, July 31 (Eagle News) – The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) is planning to construct common stations for the MRT and LRT. Said plan was already formed earlier but the bidding was postponed due to the high cost. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) will place electromagnetic scanners in the country’s airports to detect harmful substances hidden inside bottled water.
According to the Department of Transportation and Communications, the proposed “early close, late open” schedule of the MRT is still subject to change.
MANILA, PIA- Metro Railway Transit- 3 (MRT-3) operations will close early this Saturday, February 28, and open late on Sunday, March 1, to give way to rail replacement works, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) announced yesterday. “As part of our promise to improve and rehabilitate the MRT-3 system, we will conduct the first of a series of rail replacement works over the coming weekend. We are doing this to enhance safety and minimize […]
QUEZON CITY, PIA- The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) supposedly continues to finds ways to ease traffic in Metro Manila. One of the solutions being eyed by the DOTC is the completion of Metro Manila’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system in three years. In a statement, Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said the P4.9-billion BRT System for Metro Manila will be presented to President Aquino in the next meeting of the National Economic and […]
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.
MANILA, Jan. 9 — Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and CEO Atty. Emigdio Tanjuatco III assures the public that his agency as well as the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) are pushing for the development of the Clark International Airport (CRK) in Pampanga. “The truth is that we fully support the development of Clark Airport. In fact, the DOTC had already infused an initial P 1.2 Billion for the construction of our new […]
Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya was a no-show at a congressional hearing regarding the recent the fare increases at Metro Manila’s train lines, but his aides admitted the current increase would only be the first of many that could come every two years. “It is also deplorable that DOTC Sec. Joseph Abaya did not even show up at the hearing but is all over media defending the fare hike,” Colmenares said during a […]
With all air navigation and airfield ground lighting systems at the Laguindingan Airport installed and tested, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) are aiming to begin night landing operations at the Northern Mindanao gateway within this month. “We are happy to announce that the Laguindingan Airport is now equipped for night landing operations. We hope to activate evening flights by the end of November in […]
Malacañang is awaiting the formal recommendation of DOTC Secretary Abaya regarding the proposed MRT shutdown.
It is up to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to shutdown the operations of the MRT for maintenance, according to the spokesperson of MRT holdings.
(Reuters) — Malacanang announced on Thursday that 48 brand new coaches for MRT 3 will arrive starting September next year to improve the services of the light railway system.The delivery of the new coaches will increase MRT 3’s capacity by 66 percent and improve headway — the gap between trains– to 2.5 minutes, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters during a press briefing in Malacañang.He said Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph […]
