The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) are coordinating with the Office of the Solicitor General to appeal a recent court ruling allowing motorcycle-hailing service Angkas to resume operations.
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A Mandaluyong City court has allowed motorcycle taxis using the Angkas booking app to resume operations, a year after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTRFB) banned the service for lacking a franchise (colorum).
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Now, it can be told: I was the one who suggested to President Digong to take out my sister, Wanda Teo, as tourism secretary.
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Despite having P15 billion at its disposal, the Manila airport authority admitted Wednesday that it did not provide food, water or accommodation to passengers who were stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) after a Xiamen Air Boeing had skidded off the runway.
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Senator Grace Poe said she is inspired to help jeepney drivers and operators because her father, the King of Philippine movies Fernando Poe, Jr. (FPJ), once portrayed the life of a jeepney driver in a film.
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Disgusted that a big portion of the P296 million the government spent to equip transport terminals across the country with toilets may have gone down the drain because of contractor’s negligence, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has decided to take action.
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The government has set out military trucks along certain areas in Metro Manila to provide free rides to commuters got caught in heavy downpour and flooding on Tuesday.
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Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade would be requesting the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to assign additional immigration personnel in airports to address long lines.
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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Wednesday maintained that the planned rehabilitation of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT3) remained on track and within budget amid allegations that it had passed up an offer to undertake the project at a cost lower by P10 billion.
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With the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) now authorized to set the fares charged by transport network companies (TNCs), an industry player was hopeful of hammering out a compromise that would regulate prevailing fare prices without affecting drivers’ incomes.
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