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DOTR TO DROP LRT-MRT CENTRAL STATION CONTRACTOR

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will terminate its agreement with Unified Grand Central Station consortium BF Corp. and Foresight Development and Surveying Co. (BFC-FDSC) due to excessive delays in the completion of the project, which will link major rail lines LRT-1, MRT-3, and MRT-7. Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon lamented the delay during his inspection of […]

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DOTR COMMITS INFRA SUPPORT FOR TOURISM SECTOR

Newly appointed Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon met with Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco to strengthen collaboration between the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Transportation in improving transport infrastructure to boost the country’s tourism industry.  Welcoming Dizon at the DOT Central Office in Makati City, Frasco congratulated him on his appointment.   “All […]

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DOTR TO BUY PASSIVE BODY SCANNERS, BODY CAMERAS

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is set to invest P1.25 billion this year in acquiring passive body scanners and body-worn cameras to enhance transport security, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, a member of the House committee on appropriations, announced. “In the 2025 General Appropriations Law, Congress allocated P800 million for the DOTr’s procurement of passive […]

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APPOINTMENT PAPERS OF DIZON, RUIZ, NOW WITH CA

The congressional Commission on Appointments (CA) has received the appointment papers of newly designated Transportation Secretary Vivencio “Vince” Dizon. “We have already received Secretary Dizon’s papers, as well as those of newly appointed Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Jaybee Ruiz,” CA Assistant Minority Leader and Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel announced in a statement […]

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NEW DOTR CHIEF URGED TO DIALOGUE WITH COMMUTERS

Akbayan Party-list invites the newly appointed Department of Transportation (DOTr) head Vince Dizon to a sit down to talk about public transportation issues such as the commuting public’s call to extend the operations of MRT and LRT, a halt to fare hike proposals, and the improvement rather than the removal of the EDSA bus lanes.“We […]

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MUNTINLUPA GOV’T, DOTR TO OPEN ROAD SAFETY PARK

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and city government of Muntinlupa broke ground the city’s first road safety park and end-of-trip facilities for the benefit of active transport enthusiasts.As part of the DOTr’s active and public transport infrastructure expansion, the agency and Muntinlupa City will construct a 3,140 sqm road safety park, consisting of road networks, bike […]

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DOTR URGED: CASH REFUNDS FOR CANCELLED FLIGHTS

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to adopt a similar policy requiring airlines to issue automatic cash refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights, similar to a recent policy implemented by the United States. In a new policy that took effect on Monday, the U.S. Department of […]

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ESCUDERO: LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND IN PUV MODERNIZATION

Senate President Chiz Escudero advised the Department of Transportation to leave no one behind in its implementation of the Public Transport Modernization Program, particularly those who have depended on the operation of jeepneys as their source of livelihood for most of their lives. Even if there are public utility vehicle drivers and operators who did […]

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HONTIVEROS TO DOTR: BUY MORE MODERN PUVS FOR COOPS

Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to work with Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to purchase modern PUVs to be leased to consolidated transport cooperatives to make up for the transport shortage the government has created due to the PUV Modernization Program. “This drastic […]

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MMDA, DOTR, DILG TO JOINTLY REGULATE E-VEHICLES

Concerned government agencies, led by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Department of Transportation – Philippines (DOTr), Land Transportation Office – Philippines (LTO), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board – LTFRB, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), are seeking to regulate the use of electric motor vehicles and harmonize existing policies on them amid […]