LTO Asst. Sec. Vigor Mendoza delivers his speech during the inauguration of LTO’s extension office in the City of Naga in Cebu on Thursday, June 20. CDN Digital photo/Niña Mae Oliverio
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas is the only region outside the National Capital Region (NCR) that has the most number of LTO offices.
This was according to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II during the inauguration of the extension of office in the City of Naga on Thursday, June 20.
“Sana gumawa pa tayo ng maraming ganito. Alam niyo, ang Region 7 ang kaisa-isang region na nag papalawak ng kanyang reach, hindi lang siya nasa regional, hindi lang po siya nasa Cebu City. Siya po ang may pinakamaraming opisinang binubuksan kumpara sa ibang region sa buong bansa. For that I am very proud of our regional director and assistant regional director,” Mendoza said.
“Isipin niyo kung walang Naga office, ang mga tao dito, pupunta pang Talisay at ilang oras [pa] ang byahe para lang mag renew ng sasakyan, para mag renew ng lisensya o kumuha ng lisensya,” Mendoza added.
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The NCR still has the most number of LTO offices catering 16 highly urbanized cities and one municipality in Metro Manila with over 40 offices based on the LTO portal (you may click this link for reference) and other sources.
In the data provided by LTO-7, Central Visayas has 32 offices that include the extension and district LTO offices.
The Naga office is the fifth extension office of the LTO in Central Visayas with other being located in Talisay City, Bantayan Island, Camotes Island, Dalaguete, and there will be an additional two extension offices to open soon in Tubigon, Bohol and Consolacion, Cebu.
Aside from the five extension offices, LTO-7 has 17 district offices and an additional district office which will soon open in Alcoy, Cebu.
The 17 district LTO offices are located in Bais City, Bayawan City, Carcar City, Cebu City, Danao City, Dumaguete City, Jagna, Lapu-Lapu City, Lalibertad, Liloan, Mandaue City, Medellin, Ronda, Siquijor, Tagbilaran City, Talibon, and Toledo City.
Furthermore, Region 7 has also seven licensing offices which are the following: Cebu City Mega Licensing Center, Mandaue City Licensing Center, Lapu-Lapu City Licensing Center, Talisay City Extension Office Licensing, Toledo City District Office Licensing Extension (located in Balamban), Tagbilaran City District Office Extension (located in Alturas), and the Malasakit Licensing Extension Office (located in Talamban, Cebu City).
LTO-7 also has three driver’s license renewal offices (DLRO) located at Robinsons Mall in Cebu, SM City Cebu, and Island City Mall in Tagbilaran, Bohol.
As to the other regions, based on the LTO portal (as of June 21, 2024) most of them only have district offices (DO). Ilocos Region has 8, Cagayan Valley 9, Central Luzon 18, Calabarzon 15, Mimaropa 5, Bicol Region 11, Western Visayas 10, Eastern Visayas 12, Zamboanga Peninsula 6, Northern Mindanao 13, Davao Region 8, Soccsksargen 10, Caraga 8, and Cordillera Administrative Region 7.