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(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Office welcomed the passage of the single-ticketing system to be implemented in Metro Manila. In a statement, LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Jayart Tugade said its implementation can help ensure traffic management in the National Capital Region is more “responsive, efficient and appropriate to the needs of the motoring public.” He added the fitness of a driver can now be determined once he applies for renewal of her or his license. “Even […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Office has summoned four of its enforcers who figured in a viral video that showed them allegedly extorting money. The Department of Transportation did not name the enforcers who allegedly extorted P8,000 from a motorist they had flagged down at an LTO checkpoint in Bocaue, Bulacan over the weekend, but said that, based on the video, they were aboard LTO Mobile #14 with plate number SHS 234. LTO Chief […]
(Eagle News) — People applying for a renewal of their license don’t have to spend more to comply with the new law requiring them to undergo a comprehensive driver’s education (CDE) program prior to the renewal or be inconvenienced. According to LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante, the CDE learning materials an applicant has to study to pass a 25-question test to get their CDE certificate of completion needed for the renewal, after all, […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Office inaugurated on Wednesday, May 12, its new office in Imus, Cavite. The LTO said the new district office is a 2-storey building with an area of 1,135 sq. meters. The department said the office has an all-glass facade, the first in Calabarzon, a centralized airconditioning system, and accessible emergency exits. The LTO Office will cater to Filipinos who wish to renew their driver’s license. Those who wish to […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities will not sanction violators of the Child Safety and Motor Vehicle Act just yet. The Land Transportation Office said issuances of fines and the imposition of driver’s license demerit points for not using a child car seat for children below a specific height may be done in three to six months. The law, or RA 11229, was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 22, 2019. Its Implementing Rules and Regulations […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Office has extended the validity of student permits, driver’s licenses and conductor’s licenses that expired during stringent quarantines until December 31. The LTO said also given the extension were the registrations of vehicles that expired during the times there were restrictions on the movement of people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the issuance of InterAgency Task Force Resolution No. 79, Series of 2020 that ended the restriction period for specific age […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Office has further extended the validity of the registration of motor vehicles amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the LTO said for motor vehicles with plate numbers ending in 6 or those scheduled for registration renewal in June in all areas other than the National Capital Region (NCR), Laguna, Cebu, and Region III, registration validity is extended for thirty days from June 30. “Thus, no penalty shall be […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Land Transportation Office have summoned the driver and operator of a bus seen speeding along Edsa Busway and side-swiping barriers in the process. The Department of Transportation said the LTO issued the show-cause order against the Joanna Jesh Bus Transport driver, identified as Dino Mamintal, and the LTFRB against the operator on Friday, July 24, the same day the incident took place. This was after […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Office will not accept applications for student permits starting Wednesday, July 1, to Aug. 2. The LTO said the suspension was in preparation for the implementation of the new requirement for student permits to be processed starting Aug. 3: driving course completion certificates issued by the LTO-accredited driving school, its authorized driving school instructors / administrators, and by the LTO-Driver Education Centers (DECs) in LTO offices that are “electronically […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Office and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board are implementing online and cashless transactions as the country transitions to the “new normal” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said starting June 16, the LTFRB will implement in the National Capital Region the Public Transport Online Processing System (PTOPS) that will allow for the online transactions. The DOTr said the system is still on pilot testing […]
(Eagle News) — Work in Land Transportation Office units located in general community quarantine areas will resume tomorrow, May 13. The LTO said the wearing of face masks and physical and social distancing rules shall be followed at all times. Transactions with people below 21 years old and 60 years old and above, and pregnant women shall, however, only be allowed once the community quarantine is lifted. The LTO said this was consistent with Executive […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation on Thursday, May 7, warned the public against unscrupulous individuals who, through social media, offer their services to facilitate the application for or the renewal of driver’s licenses. A statement from Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante said these services “are not authorized by the agency and are therefore patently illegal.” In the first place, the LTO said it has temporarily suspended applications for and/or renewal of driver’s licenses, other permits, and registration […]
