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(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority broke its own fiscal record after it remitted P13.9 billion in dividends to the national government from 2016 to 2019, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, the total P13,900,904,299.33 remitted by MIAA in that span of three years was much more than the P11,149,527,394.99 it remitted in 20 years, from 1996 to 2015. The DOTr said in 2018, MIAA remitted a whopping P3.42 billion […]
(Eagle News) — Higher incentives are now given to drivers participating in the government’s Service Contracting Program. The Department of Transportation said from the P11 per kilometer traveled by participating Traditional Public Utility Jeepneys (TPUJ) and Modern Public Utility Jeepneys (MPUJ), the incentive has been increased to P27 per kilometer traveled, based on the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s Memorandum Circular 2021-28. For Public Utility Buses (PUB), the incentive is now at P45.50 per […]
(Eagle News) — There are over 600 active COVID-19 cases among rail line personnel so far. The 641 active cases were based on recent data released by the Department of Transportation, which had ordered the COVID-19 mass testing of all rail line personnel in a bid to ensure the safety of all commuters. The mass testing is still ongoing. The 641 active cases are broken down as follows: Light Rail Transit-1: 24 active cases LRT-2: […]
(Eagle News) — There are over 600 active COVID-19 cases among rail line personnel so far, recent data from the Department of Transportation showed. According to the data from the ongoing COVID-19 mass testing in the country’s rail lines, the breakdown of the 655 active cases is as follows: Light Rail Transit-1: 19 active cases Light Rail Transit-2: 215 active cases Metro Rail Transit-3: 201 active cases Philippine National Railways: 220 active cases So far, […]
(Eagle News) — The newly-rehabilitated Port of Maribojoc in Bohol will be opened in May. The Department of Transportation said the rehabilitation of the port, which had been heavily damaged by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the province in 2013 and had been abandoned since, is now 95% complete. Once it opens, the DOTr said it will not only serve as an alternative port to help ease cargo traffic in the Port of Tagbilaran. It […]
(Eagle News) — Active COVID-19 cases among rail line personnel are over 700, recent data on the ongoing mass testing from the Department of Transportation showed. According to the DOTr, the breakdown of the 739 total active COVID-19 cases is as follows: Light Rail Transit-1: 79 active COVID-19 cases LRT-2: 242 active COVID-19 cases Metro Rail Transit-3: 204 active COVID-19 cases Philippine National Railways: 214 active COVID-19 cases So far, 5,331 rail line personnel have […]
Vows completion of improvement of Maribojoc port this month (Eagle News) — The government has inaugurated the new second passenger terminal of the Tagbilaran Port, which had been heavily damaged in the 2013 earthquake in Bohol. The Department of Transportation said the inauguration of Passenger Terminal Building II on April 14 was led by Transportation Secretary Art Tugade and Philippine Ports Authority general manager Jay Santiago. The new PTB had been completed in October 2020. […]
(Eagle News) — Over 700 rail line personnel have so far tested positive for COVID-19 in the Department of Transportation-ordered mass testing. The latest DOTr data showed the 787 total cases recorded so far can be broken down as follows: Light Rail Transit-1: 120 Light Rail Transit-2: 251 Metro Rail Transit-3: 208 Philippine National Railways: 208 According to the DOTr, 794 LRT-1 personnel have so far been tested of the 1185 total personnel, 1870 LRT-2 […]
(Eagle News) — There will be no changes to the public transportation’s allowable capacity and operations during the modified enhanced community quarantine, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, as in the ECQ, though, only the essential travelers or the Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APORs) can ride public transportation. The public transportation is apart from the Free Ride for Health Workers and Medical Frontliners Program and the free ride for APORs for […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation urged healthcare workers and authorized persons outside residences to report drivers of public utility jeepneys and buses under the government’s free transport services program who require them to pay fare. The DOTr said HCWs and APORs may report the same through the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board hotline, 1342, that operates 24/7. They can also send a message to the LTFRB Official Facebook page or file the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation and the Philippine Ports Authority have begun the conversion of two managed quarantine facilities into isolation facilities for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. In a statement, the DOTr said the conversion of the Eva Macapagal Super Terminal in Pier 15, Manila and the Port of Capinpin Quarantine Facility in Orion, Bataan was in response to the “urgent need of hospitals and other medical facilities, which are now full […]
Don’t be the cause of the spread of COVID-19, Tugade tells “colorum” vehicle operators (Eagle News) — Transportation Secretary Art Tugade warned operators of “colorum” vehicles to stop violating laws and community quarantine restrictions in place and to not be the cause of the spread of COVID-19. Tugade gave the warning after authorities stopped 12 “colorum” vehicles that had tried to enter different municipalities in Bicol region. According to the Bicol Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction […]
