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(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board central office will be temporarily closed starting Monday, July 13. The LTFRB said the temporary closure, of the office on East Ave., Quezon City, which will last until Friday, July 17, was after five of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. The LTFRB said this was based on the swab tests conducted by the Philippine Red Cross and the Philippine Coast Guard. The lockdown would pave the […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Thursday, June 4, announced some transactions in its main and Metro Manila offices will be online. The LTFRB said these are the following transactions: 1. Request for Special Permit; 2. Correction of Typographical Error 3. Request for Confirmation of Unit/s 4. Request for Franchise Verification 5. Request for Issuance or Extension Provisional Authority 6. Legal Concerns/Query on Hearing Schedule, Status For transactions 1 and 2, the […]
(Eagle News)—Suspended Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board executive director Samuel Jardin said some people who want his post may be behind the woman who hurled bribe allegations against him. In an interview over ANC, Jardin did not, however, say who exactly may be behind Michele Sapangila, who alleged she saw Jardin receive a part of the P4.6 million intended for him in exchange for the issuance of a Route Measured Capacity (RMC) certificate, a […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Transportation has suspended Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board executive director Samuel Jardin for 90 days. The suspension was pending a probe of allegations Jardin solicited P4.8 million in exchange for the issuance of a certificate of public convenience that is a requirement for transport franchises. In her complaint, Michele Sapangila said she saw Jardin himself receive an envelope containing P100,000 from a certain “Madame Lolit,” the alleged middleman. She said […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Thursday, March 28, warned the public against investing with Yellowdot Transport Terminal Inc. The LTFRB issued the warning in a two-page notice after it ruled the company, which offers the “Millennial Jeepney” that is under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program, was running an investment scheme that was prohibited under its Articles of Incorporation submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the scheme, […]
(Eagle News)—The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board will summon the driver of the jeep that collided with a bus on the southbound lane of Edsa that injured at least 12 on Sunday, Feb. 10. In a statement, the LTFRB said it would issue the show-cause order against Ignacio Cadayday. Cadayday, according to traffic investigators crossed the intersection coming from East Ave. to Edsa in Quezon City even with the yellow traffic light on, causing it […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has placed on preventive suspension the bus company that figured in a traffic incident on the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. The LTFRB suspended the Jumbo Transport Inc. for not more than 30 days, and ordered it to comply with certain requirements within the period of suspension. The LTFRB ordered the company to bring its tourist buses to the agency for “inspection and determination of road worthiness,” to allow its drivers […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has accredited two other Transportation Network Companies. Accredited were Aztech Solution International Inc. and Ryd Global Inc. Based on their certificates of accreditation released to the media, the accreditation will be effective for two years from the date of approval. The certificates were signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra III and Board Member Ronaldo Corpus. They were attested to by LTFRB executive director Samuel Jardin.
Says provisional rollback applies to NCR, Regions III and IV (Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has ordered a provisional rollback in the minimum jeepney fare to P9. The LTFRB said in its three-page resolution the provisional rollback applied to the National Capital Region and Regions III and IV. The resolution was signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra, board member Ronaldo Corpus and attested to by executive director Samuel Jardin. According to the […]
(Eagle News)—-The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Monday, Dec. 3, announced a jeepney fare rollback following the successive decreases in the prices of petroleum products. LTFRB Chairman Martin Delgra III said it was Transportation Secretary Art Tugade who issued the directive. Delgra did not say, however, how much the rollback would be. He said this would be announced in a resolution to be issued today. Earlier, a consumer group asked the LTFRB to […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s Aileen Lizada is now the head of the Civil Service Commission. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed her appointment paper as ad interim commissioner of the body on Nov. 9. A copy of the document, however, was only made available to the media on Thursday, Nov. 30. Lizada, whose term as CSC head is until Feb. 2, 2025, will replace Robert Martinez.
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Wednesday, November 7, clarified the new fare matrix for public utility jeepneys costs P560, and not P610, as reported by some media outfits. In an interview over CNN Philippines, Delgra said of the P560, the P510 represents the “regulatory fee” mandated by a department order as early as 2001. He said the P50, on the other hand, represents the cost of the fare matrix […]
