The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has been having trouble printing driver’s licenses throughout the year. According to LTO, they will start resolving the driver’s license backlog starting next year. As per LTO chief Arturo Tugade, they are just waiting for the replacement of defective parts of the laser engravers that caused the backlog in driver’s […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has advised the public that some of its offices are currently unable to produce driver’s licenses. According to LTO chief Jose Arturo Tugade, some LTO districts and extension offices have defective laser engraving machines. And so, he told the public to proceed to LTO offices with working machines instead. “Nais naming […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) warned accredited doctors and medical clinics to do their job or face suspension and even termination. LTO had issued the warning after it received reports that certain medical clinics and doctors issue medical certificates to driver’s license applicants without any actual physical examination. “My marching orders to all regional and district […]
Atty. Jose Arturo “Jay Art” Tugade, the youngest son of former Department of Transportation (DOTr) Chief Arthur Tugade, is the new chief of the Land Transportation Office (LTO). Few weeks after being appointed as acting general manager of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), “Jay Art” Tugade has accepted a new post as the head […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has opened another licensing center in Metro Manila. It is expected to reduce the volume of clients in nearby licensing centers. The Araneta branch is the sixth LTO licensing center. It is located at #20 G. Araneta Avenue, Barangay Sto. Domingo, Quezon City. It caters to motorists applying for a student […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) recently held a bidding in Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino only to disappoint bidders with the units and their prices. According to Mike, a delivery rider who went all the way from Taguig to attend the bidding, the prices are truly disappointing. “Kung tutuusin halagang Php 5,000 lang yan, di […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) will investigate how even crumbling or junk vehicles manage to get registered as they are definitely unfit and unsafe on the roads. A video of a junk truck with a renewed vehicle registration is circulating on the internet. Also present in the said video are jeepneys that are illegally parked […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) said that most of the unissued license plates will be available by the end of 2023, clearing 90% of the backlog. To make this happen, LTO chief Assistant Secretary Teofilo Guadiz III said that they would use their own plant to produce a percentage of required license plates before the […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has clarified that it has no plans of abolishing its online portal known as the the Land Transportation Management System (LTMS). However, LTO said it is looking to remove the online exam required for driver’s license renewal. According to LTO chief Teofilo Guadiz, “fixers” are using the online Comprehensive Driver’s […]
Amidst the controversy regarding the local agency’s system delay, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) brings back the LTO on Wheels Program. The program headed to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Headquarters at Camp Karingal yesterday to render services to people within the vicinity. The LTO on Wheels Program can serve up to 400 people […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is not yet done with the license plate backlog issue. The agency has admitted that it hasn’t released a total of 11,514,050 license plates to their rightful owners. Valenzuela City 2nd District Rep. Eric Martinez, who sponsored the DOTr budget for 2023, blamed the budget cut. According to him, the transport agency had […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has announced that they will start to inspect terminals and require PUV drivers to undergo random drug tests more often. This is highly due to the increase in vehicular accidents in recent times. In fact, a total of 558 cases of road crash accidents have been recorded from January to […]