The government is planning to order the country’s top airlines to reduce flights to Caticlan, the gateway to Boracay Island, in the middle of the peak summer season due to almost daily and unexplained cancellations of flights.
The transportation department is moving forward with a “long-overdue” proposal for a $2.5-billion public private partnership (PPP) project meant to further develop and upgrade Luzon’s railway system, whose largest operator is the state-run Philippine National Railways (PNR).
An elevated rapid bus system at one-sixth the cost of the P60 billion LRT Line 1 extension to Cavite province.
A consortium has revived a proposal to build a series of rapid bus transit systems in Metro Manila—a model it hopes will be replicated in other parts of the Philippines.
With new car owners waiting months for their government-issued license plates, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has given its potential suppliers more time to prepare their bids.
Toyota Motor will recall 209,000 sport utility vehicles it has sold in the United States due to a possible seat-belt fault, Kyodo News reported on Saturday.
The government will provide a guarantee to ensure the profitability of the company that will eventually win the contract to operate and manage the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line 1 system.
The feasibility study for a P70-billion monorail project at the Bonifacio Global City may be up for Japanese funding, depending on the outcome of a presentation to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) next month. Arnel Casanova, president of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA), said [...]
State agencies need to improve coordination and fast-track projects in the transportation sector to meet medium-term targets by 2016, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).
A bus company servicing routes in northern and central Luzon has entered the express service market to offer Baguio residents, tourists and business travelers a choice in a market dominated by a 60-year-old company.
The government is set to replace the Legazpi Airport in Albay as the Bicol region’s major hub with a new international airport capable of accommodating more passengers to cater to the area’s growing needs.
The Metro Pacific and Ayala groups have jointly submitted to the government an unsolicited proposal to rehabilitate and upgrade Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT3), the Philippines’ busiest elevated railway that runs along Edsa.
