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(Eagle News) — Coming soon: A new terminal at Clark International Airport. The Department of Transportation has announced the start of construction of the 100,000 square-meter terminal in Pampanga airport, part of the government’s efforts to expand and develop what it said would be “Asia’s next premier gateway.” In a statement, the DOTr said the new terminal is designed to accommodate an additional eight million passengers every year, and is “expected to decongest the Ninoy […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinag-utos ni Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade na paigtingin ang safety at security measures sa mga transport terminal lalo na ngayong holiday season. Muling pinaalalahanan ni Tugade ang mga transportation official at tauhan ng railways, road, maritime at aviation sectors na pangunahing layunin nila na di lamang tiyakin ang kaligtasan ng daan-daang pasaherong pauwi ng probinsya kundi siguraduhin din na magiging kumportable sila sa paglalakbay. Samantala, hinimok naman ni Tugade ang […]
(Eagle News) — Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Thursday clarified that he had nothing to do with Transportation Undersecretary Cesar Chavez’s resignation. “For the record and contrary to the insinuations of others, I did not cause (his resignation)…We have been doing plans and strategies together up and until yesterday,” Tugade said in a brief statement. He said Chavez, the Department of Transportation’s undersecretary for rails, “has (his) full trust and confidence.” “I am surprised by […]
(Eagle News) — Binago na ng pamunuan ng MRT 3 ang schedule ng operasyon at biyahe ng kanilang mga tren simula ngayong araw. Ito ay para bigyang daan ang mahabang oras ng pagsusuri at maintenance ng kanilang mga bagon bago ito ibiyahe. Ang nasabing hakbang ay kasunod ng nangyaring paghiwalay ng isang bagon mula sa ibang bahagi ng tren kahapon ng umaga, Huwebes. Ang nasabing bagon ay naiwan sa pagitan ng Ayala at Buendia station […]
(Eagle News) — Two Bureau of Customs officials who resigned after they were dragged by a fixer into corruption in the BoC have been appointed to other agencies, but only to handle security matters. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Milo Maestrecampo, former BoC Imports and Assessments director, as assistant director general II of the Department of Transportation-attached Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, and former Customs Deputy Commissioner Gerardo Gambala, as director IV of the DoTR’s […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Tuesday took over the maintenance of the Metro Rail Transit or MRT Line 3, after it cancelled the contract of Busan Universal Rail Inc. (BURI) as the line’s maintenance provider. DOTr decided to cancel BURI’s contract, due to the persistent failure in MRT operations in the past year and a half. “It cannot be overemphasized that what is at stake here is the welfare […]
(Eagle News) — Maagang nagka-aberya ang MRT-3 kaninang umaga, Oktubre 23. Ayon sa Department of Transportation (DOTr), ito ay dahil sa itinapong diaper na sumabit sa kawad ng MRT. Paliwanag ng ahensya, inilagay ito sa Category 4 error dahilan upang pansamantala muna nilang itigil ang operasyon ng mga tren. Simula alas sais- disi-sais ng umaga (6:16 AM), sinimulan ang pagpapatupad ng provisional service ng MRT. Alas siyete trenta’y kwatro (7:44 AM) naman ng umaga nang […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday expressed his full support for Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, who has been facing criticisms from his detractors. “May mga allegations, magpunta doon, na corrupt. Sabi ko, he doesn’t have time for that. He doesn’t even know how to count his money,” Duterte said at a Cebu Pacific event. The President made the comment after Tugade, who attended the event, introduced the chief executive as a man with unparalleled […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has asked Busan Universal Rail Inc. to explain why the agency should not terminate its contract to maintain the Metro Rail Transit 3. The DOTr said in a statement that under the notice to terminate it sent BURI on Tuesday, the company was given seven days for this. The agency said the notice was served on the basis of “poor performance; failure to put in service and subsequently […]
(Eagle News) — Militant transport groups are set to hold another two-day transport strike next week in connection with their continuous protest of the government’s so-called jeepney modernization program. In a press conference, Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON) announced that the two-day transport strike is set on October 16-17. If this pushes through, this is their third strike for this year. PISTON National President George San Mateo said that aside from […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Airlines has agreed to pay the government nearly P7 billion to settle its debts, an amount the Department of Transportation has accepted. PAL and the DOTr made the announcement in a joint statement on Friday. According to the statement, the P6.91 billion covers the navigational charges the flag carrier owes the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and the Manila International Airport Authority, some of which date back to two years […]
(Eagle News) — Pinirmahan na nina Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade at ng Singapore Cooperation Enterprise ang memorandum of understanding kung saan tutulong ang bansang Singapore sa pagsasaayos ng daloy ng trapiko sa bansa. Nakasaad sa MOU ang pagbabahagi ng Singapore sa kanilang practices sa traffic and transport management, kabilang ang kanilang Intelligent Transport System (ITS). Bukod pa rito ay magtutulungan ang bansa at Singapore sa pagsasaayos ng mga polisiya para sa daloy ng trapiko, traffic […]
