Just as everyone is looking forward to actual driver’s license cards instead of just a piece of paper, a preliminary injunction from a local court has delayed the procurement of the license cards anew. This means that the LTO will not fulfill its promise of no more license card backlogs by the end of 2023. […]
With the LTO in a mess right now, Sen. Grace Poe did not mince her words when she called out the agency for its “chaotic” Digitalization Program in a press statement. This is following the many issues that the LTO is facing including the resignation of then-chief Jose Arturo Tugade and the shortage of license […]
In its bid to simplify the process of vehicle registration renewal, the LTO announced that it will be removing the stencil requirement, which involves getting the vehicle’s engine and chassis number through stenciling. This new initiative has been confirmed in a memorandum circular that was issued on May 22. LTO explains that removing the stencil […]
While LTO registration has improved with the introduction of the LTMS portal for registered vehicles, Congress is pushing to extend the validity for both cars and motorcycles. This is on top of extending the registration of new motorcycles to 3 years. In the proposed “Extended Motor Vehicle Registration Act” filed by Cagayan de Oro 1st […]
Jose Arturo Tugade experienced chaotic times in his stint as LTO Chief: despite his push to combat fixers, digitize transactions through the LTMS, and even offer free theoretical driving courses to student drivers, the LTO was faced with a plethora of issues. These include the shortage of motorcycle and car plates and the shortage of […]
As LTO continues to combat fixers and red tape, the government agency is working to expand its online registration to PUVs as well. In the current iteration of the LTMS, users can apply for a driver’s license renewal and renew the registration of their vehicles–provided that their vehicle’s registration is already registered with the user’s […]
Aside from implementing a maximum prescribed rate for theoretical and practical driving lessons–and even offering FREE courses to student drivers, the LTO is also looking at ways to shorten and simplify the exams for driver’s license applicants as well. LTO chief Jay Arthur Tugade said in a statement yesterday (May 5) that he formed a […]
As most government agencies are transitioning into digitizing their services (LTO, for one, is making a number of its transactions available through its LTMS portal), there are challenges to this transition. One of these challenges is how to simplify these transactions for the common Filipino–for the record, there are 175 government websites where they can […]
HONOR confirms that it will unveil the Magic5 series–and make the Magic Vs official globally–at MWC 2023. With MWC 2023 happening in a few weeks’ time, HONOR has confirmed that the Magic5 series and the Magic Vs foldable will have a global unveiling on February 27. This follows after a cheeky teaser taking jabs at […]
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 […]