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(Eagle News) — Isasailalim na ng Philippine National Railways (PNR) sa validation testing ang mga hybrid electric train na ginawa ng Department of Science and Technology (DOST) sa Marso. Ayon kay DOTr Spokesperson Goddes Libiran, ito ay upang masiguro na ligtas na gamitin ng publiko ang mga nasabing tren. Taong 2017 nang mailunsad ang hybrid electric train na may haba na nasa apatnapung (40) metro at may maximum speed na 50 kilometers per hour. Bahagi […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Friday, Jan. 18, hailed a Ninoy Aquino International Airport guard for returning a Korean national’s wallet containing cash of different denominations. According to the Department of Transportation, Reno Erenea found the wallet with cash worth P24,950 and 181,000 KRW and assorted IDs on the road way of the West Departure Curbside at NAIA Terminal 1 on Thursday, Jan. 17. He turned over the wallet to the Terminal Police Office, and took the time […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Pumasa sa international security standards ang Ninoy Aquino International Airport ngunit may mga bagay na kailangang baguhin at pagandahin pa. Sinabi ni Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) Gen. Manager Ed Monreal makikipagtulungan sila sa US Department of Homeland-Transportation Security Administration para sa mga pagbabago sa security protocols sa NAIA. Kasama sa magiging pagbabago ay ang pagsasagawa ng background check sa mga kukuhaning bagong airport personnel dahil susuriin ng National Intelligence Coordinating Agency […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Dumating na sa Subic Port ang dalawang 24-meter fast patrol boats (FPB) ng Philippine Coast Guard. Sa pagdating ng dalawang patrol boats, nakumpleto na ang apat na bahagi ng pagpapatupad ng Philippine Ports and Coast Guard Capability Development Project ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) at ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Tatawaging BRP Malamawi (FPB 2403) at BRP Kalanggaman (FPB 2404) ang dalawang bagong dating na mga bangka. Samantala, isa pang 82-meter offshore […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbanta ng dalawang araw na nationwide transport strike ang grupong Piston sa pagpasok ng 2019. Ito ay para iprotesta ang hindi malinaw at hindi patas na polisiya sa usapin ng tranportasyon. Tiniyak ni Piston President George San Mateo na mapaparalisa nila ang transportasyon sa gagawing strike. Sinabi ni San Mateo na ginagawang gatasan ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) at Department of Transportation (DOTr) ang transport sector. Maliban pa dito […]
(Eagle News) — Good news para sa mga mananakay ng Philippine National Railways o (PNR). Inanunsyo ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) na palalawigin ang biyahe ng PNR sa pamamagitan ng paglulunsad ng Malabon at Taguig stations. Ayon kay Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade, bahagi pa rin ito ng dry-run upang mapaganda pa ang serbisyo nito. Magsisimula ang ruta nito mula Gov. Pascual platform sa Malabon hanggang sa FTI station sa Taguig at magkakahalaga ng 25 pesos […]
(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.
