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(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has deployed 44 modern public utility jeepneys to give free transport services to authorized persons outside residences during the enhanced community quarantine in the Greater Manila Area. According to the DOTr, the following routes are available under the service contracting program from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m.: 1. Novaliches – Malinta via Paso de Blas 2. Bagumbayan Taguig – Pasig via San Joaquin 3. Fort Bonifacio Gate 3 […]
(Eagle News) — Residents of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal who went on vacation outside that “bubble” and want to return home can do so during the two-week ban on non-essential travel into and outside that subject area. According to the Department of Transportation, returning home is, after all, considered essential travel, which means it is not covered by the restriction announced by the Palace on Sunday, March 22. The DOTr said travelers […]
(Eagle News) — The government has transported over 400,000 overseas Filipino workers back to their respective provinces amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the 494,506 who benefited from the Hatid-Tulong program of the government was the recorded figure as of March 19. Of these, 150556 were transported by land, 258337 by air, and 85613 by sea. The figures for those transported via land and air were the total numbers […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation and the Philippine Ports Authority will inaugurate on Friday, March 18, three seaport projects in Palawan. In a statement, the DOTr said the inauguration of the Port of San Fernando in El Nido, Port of Bataraza in Barangay Buliluyan, Bataraza, and Borac Port in Barangay Borac in Coron also signals the start of their operations. The DOTr said the completed work at the Port of San Fernando includes […]
(Eagle News) — The completion of the first two segments of the North-South Commuter Railway is on track, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, the NSCR’s first leg, the PNR Clark Phase 1, which runs from Tutuban, Manila to Malolos, Bulacan, has an over-all progress rate of 43 percent. Construction phase rate is at 11.78 percent as of January 31. “Partially operable na po ito by the fourth quarter of 2021 and […]
(Eagle News) — All passengers and drivers inside private vehicles are now required to wear face masks. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Health issued the final directive following calls for the government to reconsider. In a joint statement, the two agencies said the wearing of masks was mandatory for all individuals “regardless if they are from the same household.” Meanwhile, a driver alone inside a vehicle “may remove his/her face mask.” They […]
(Eagle News) — The Bicol International Airport construction progress rate is now at 72.2 percent, the Department of Transportation said on Wednesday, January 20. In a statement, the DOTr said as of 13 January 2021, Package 2A of the BIA development project was now 88.2 percent complete. Package 2A covers the airport’s landside facilities such as the Administration Building, Air Traffic Control Building, Crash Fire Rescue Building, and the Maintenance Building. Package 2B, which covers […]
(Eagle News) — Transportation Secretary Art Tugade has ordered all agency officials and some personnel to submit their Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net worth (to the DOJ-led task force that will investigate corruption in government. In a statement, Tugade said the order covers officials’ chief-of-staff, secretaries, executive assistants, and those involved in project management and procurement. Tugade said he has also already assigned a group and a point person who will gather and review […]
(Eagle News)–The implementation of cashless toll collections will start on Dec. 1. The Department of Transportation said starting this date, only the cashless mode of payment will be accepted on toll roads. Transportation Secretary Art Tugade made the deadline extension even as toll road operators have expressed readiness to fully implement electronic payment systems on the initial deadline of Nov. 2. Toll Regulatory Board executive director Abraham Sales said the extension was to give motorists, […]
(Eagle News)–Tollway operators are ready for cashless transactions on Nov. 2 but have extended the installation of RFID stickers beyond that date, the Department of Transportation said. In a statement, the DOTr citing Toll Regulatory Board Executive Director Abraham Sales said all expressway operators would make the shift to contactless transactions in compliance with the Department of Transportation’s Department Order No. 2020-012 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales noted, however, that motorists without RFID stickers will […]
(Eagle News)–More passengers are expected to be allowed in each mode of public transportation starting Monday, Sept. 14. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said this was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved the proposal by the Economic Development Cluster (EDC) and the DOTr to “optimize” or reduce the physical distance among commuters. The DOTr said according to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, the proposal also got […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation is requiring toll expressways to implement cashless transactions for all vehicles by Nov. 2. In a statement, the DOTr said covered by the policy were the following identified limited access facilities: South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (CAVITEX), North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), South Metro Manila Skyway, Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Tollway, Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), and “all other road networks, including any extension of the existing […]
