IT’S ALL in the mind, a transport official said of the country’s traffic situation. It’s the Filipinos’ “state of mind” that actually worsens the country’s traffic situation, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade maintained on Tuesday, adding that using…
Uber and Grab went on the defensive Friday, saying their operations helped ease road congestion as the Department of Transportation ordered a review of existing regulations and placed on hold thousands of new applications in Metro Manila.…
THE NEW transportation secretary is backing a revamp of the rules for public-private partnership (PPP) projects in a bid to speed up the implementation process. The PPP program was a cornerstone initiative of the Aquino administration. Its…
THE MAN whom President Duterte has chosen to run the transportation department is an informal settler-turned-millionaire, who combined honesty and astute management in his first government job developing the former US Air Force’s Clark Air Base into…
There will be no honeymoon phase, at least for employees and managers in the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) under the Duterte administration. The massive agency is poised to launch sweeping changes in its first 100…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—If you don’t want us to be corrupt, you should do your part and not attempt to corrupt us. This was the message of the economic managers of the incoming Duterte administration to the country’s…
IT’S A MALACAÑANG prerogative that can be invoked when the country is in a state of war or a crippling nationwide calamity. But one of the key allies of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte is in favor of…
MOTORISTS and commuters in the capital like to joke that “forever” exists, when you consider Metro Manila’s traffic-strangled roads. So it’s safe to say there are massive expectations for Arthur Tugade, the incoming head of the transportation…
The bidding for the Light Rail Transit Line 2 public-private partnership deal will be delayed further as the Department of Transportation and Communications gave prospective bidders more time to finalize their offers. In a bid bulletin, the…
Former Metro Rail Transit Line 3 general manager Al Vitangcol III on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to stop the Sandiganbayan antigraft court from proceeding with the corruption cases filed against him in connection with alleged anomalies…
