Land Transportation Office

Impounded vehicles start transfer to Tarlac

THE LAND Transportation Office (LTO) has begun transferring impounded cars from its central office in Quezon City to Tarlac City, making it more expensive for owners from the capital to redeem their vehicles. On Monday, nine vehicles…

LTO: SC halt order too late, 93% of car plates delivered

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has already distributed to its regional offices and dealers around 93 percent of the license plates turned over by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). LTO chief Asst. Secretary Roberto Cabrera III said,…

SC stops release of 700,000 seized license plates

THE SUPREME Court on Tuesday stopped  the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) from releasing some 700,000 license plates which were turned over by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) last April.…

SC temporarily halts LTO release of car, motorcycle plates

The Supreme Court (SC) stopped the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) from releasing 700,000 license plates for motor vehicles and motorcycles. SC’s Public Information Chief Atty. Theodore Te on Tuesday…

LTO probes own staff over stolen car plate materials

LAND Transportation Office (LTO) chief Roberto Cabrera ordered the relief and investigation of several employees under the agency’s Plate Making Plant (PMP) following the reported disappearance of some P4-million worth of license plate materials from the facility…

Hit by theft, LTO warns vs fake plates

A “skinny” thief broke into the Land Transportation Office (LTO) on East Avenue, Quezon City, over the Holy Week break and stole cut and uncut aluminum sheets that could be used to make at least 15,000 duplicate…

Being vague can be lethal

The Land Transportation Office released on Jan. 18 a circular for other law enforcement agencies about Sec. II(d) of the Joint Administrative Order No. 2014-01, reminding the parties and agencies concerned that any vehicle utilizing sirens, flashing…

Ex-LTO chief Virgie Torres dies after a heart attack

BAGUIO CITY–Former Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Virginia “Virgie” Torres, one of President Aquino’s controversial friends, died at a Pampanga hospital on Saturday following a heart attack. Torres, 63, died at 2 a.m. at The Medical City…

Government inept at running MRT

(Second of five parts) ALL THE NINE cases cited Friday in the first part of this series on breached contracts are devastating in their negative impact on the community. But it would be good to start with…

LTFRB: No phaseout of old passenger jeeps in 2016

AFTER a group of jeepney drivers went on strike in Taguig City under a self-declared “transport holiday” yesterday, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) clarified that the mandatory phaseout of passenger jeeps over 15 years…

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