Land Transportation Office

High-tech license plates, low-tech LTO

MANILA, Philippines–Judging from the growing number of private vehicles sporting new seven-digit black and white license plates, it looks like the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is slowly licking its massive backlog. After several delays and thousands of…

Why the ban on modifications should be banned

By now, news has gotten around that the Land Transportation Office plans to ban modifications on cars. While it has yet to release specifics, this doesn’t look good for car enthusiasts. Here are some reasons why the…

Mad about mods: will LTO ban car modifications?

Lately, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has been busy stirring one hornet’s nest after another. First, there was the issue of the license plates, the controversy around that stemming from confusing LTO directives that prohibited private car…

AAP supports harsher penalties for colorum PUV operators

The Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP) is supporting the joint administrative order of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) imposing stiffer fines and harsher penalties on operators…

LTO reveals more visible, tamper-resistant license plates

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has finally presented the new-generation of vehicle license plates, to be rolled out initially in Metro Manila. Transportation Assistant Secretary Alfonso Tan Jr., chief of the LTO, said a simpler and more…

President Aquino queues up to renew driver’s license

President Aquino personally renewed his driver’s license on Thursday, two days before it expires upon his 54th birthday on Saturday.   Aquino reportedly “waited in line along with other license applicants” at the Land Transportation Office (LTO)…

DOJ probe sought into questionable contract for license plates

MANILA, Philippines—A cause oriented group urged Justice Secretary Leila De Lima to look into complaints filed before her department in connection with a multi-billion peso supply contract for motor vehicle license plates. In a  four-page letter to…

LTO chief to retire by end of October – reports

MANILA, Philippines – Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Virginia Torres said she will be retiring by the end of October this year contrary to reports that she was terminated, reports said on Monday. Torres, in a television…