DOTr taps Korean firms for New Dumaguete Airport’s design deal

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad - @inquirerdotnet 10/28/2024

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is advancing the New Dumaguete Development Airport project by selecting three Korean firms to design the new airport, aimed at accommodating more passengers. DOTr has invited Yooshin Engineering Corp., Keun Jeong Architects…

Proposed Metro Cebu Subway feasibility study gets Council’s OK

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 07/18/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council has authorized the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to conduct a feasibility study on the proposed Metro Cebu Urban Mass Rapid Transit (UMRT) or the Metro Cebu Subway. Last July…

Gov’t eyes 200 new ports by 2028 to connect remote islands

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad 03/21/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The government plans to build 200 new seaports by 2028, costing a total of P12.5 billion. These ports aim to connect remote islands, boost their economies, and enhance disaster resilience. According to Transportation Undersecretary Elmer…

PH eyes aviation investments in Singapore Airshow 

Jerome Aning 02/04/2024

The government aims to attract investments for the Philippines’ aviation sector at the upcoming Singapore Airshow, aiming to position the country as a travel and trading hub in Asia-Pacific and a starting point for North America, a…

As Caindec exits, DOTr names new LTO 7 director

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) has a new regional director effective Tuesday morning, June 20, 2023. In a statement, outgoing LTO 7 director Victor Emmanuel Caindec announced that at 10…

DOTr proposes partnership for ‘bike counting system’ in Cebu City

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing to establish a bike counting system in Cebu City. The DOTr proposed the partnership for the project with the city government, during an online meeting with…

MCIA passengers told to download contact tracing app

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Smartphone-equipped passengers departing and arriving at Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) are advised to download the government’s contact tracing application. GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC), in a press release dated November 12, 2020,…

Face shield use required at MCIA

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Guests and passengers of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) will already be required to wear face shields starting August 15. Airport authorities, in a public advisory issued on August 7, announced that…

Group hits DOTr for saying ‘gov’t is not anti-poor:’ Prove it to jeepney drivers

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 06/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — An activist group has challenged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to prove that they are not “anti-poor” by helping jeepney drivers affected by the pandemic, which is to let them operate again. According to…

DOTr: All passengers may fly out of PH up to 12 a.m. March 20

Jerome Aning - Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/18/2020

Department of Transportation spokesperson Assistant Goddes Hope Libiran, quoting the DoTr Task Group, said on Tuesday that all passengers, regardless of nationality, may depart from the country up to 12 a.m. Mar. 20, unless their flights have…

DOTr to all seaports, airports: Be vigilant amid 2019 nCoV threats

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/23/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has issued an advisory encouraging all transportation hubs in the country to be vigilant on the threat of the new coronavirus strain from China. In a press…

DOTr says 2021 target of Cebu BRT Phase 1 project on track

Rosalie Abatayo 09/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is no stopping the Department of Transportation (DOTr) from implementing the “improved” Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Cebu. DOTr Undersecretary Mark Richmund De Leon told Cebu reporters on Tuesday, September 3,…

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