Bongbong Marcos: No extension of consolidation order for PUV operators

Luisa Cabato 12/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines —The December 31 deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicle (PUV) operators will not be extended, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced on Tuesday. Marcos held a meeting with transport officials where they concluded…

LTO extends validity of expiring licenses to April 2024

11/11/2023

The Land Transportation Office or LTO extended the validity of driver’s licenses expiring this month up to April 2, 2024, following the effectivity of a writ of preliminary injunction issued by the court. Vigor Mendoza II, the…

DICT: No more SIM card registration extension

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad 07/15/2023

MANILA  – With less than two weeks left, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is sticking to the July 25 cutoff for the mandatory SIM (subscriber identity module) card registration after previously extending the compliance…

CCLEX management eyes to start construction of bridge extension by 2024

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/28/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Cordova Link Expressway Corp. (CCLEC), the management of the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX), and the Cebu City government target to start the construction of the CCLEX-Guadalupe Ramp by the first…

DICT to gradually deactivate features of unregistered SIM during 90-day extension 

Daphne Galvez 04/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information Communications Technology (DICT) is considering gradually disabling the featured services of SIM cards whose “stubborn” owners have yet to register their number during the 90-day extension. “So ‘yung matitigas yung…

Socmed services inaccessible for unregistered SIM cards despite extension

Tetch Torres-Tupas 04/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Social media services will be inaccessible for still unregistered SIM cards even if the government extended the registration period that was supposed to end on Wednesday, April 26. Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin…

SIM registration deadline extended for 90 days

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/25/2023

The government on Tuesday, April 25, 2023,  extended the mandatory SIM registration for 90 days. This was announced by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla during an inter-agency task force meeting on the oil spill in Mindoro. The…

Deactivated SIM cards may be restored 5 days after April 26 deadline – NTC

Jean Mangaluz 04/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Deactivated subscriber identity module (SIM) cards after the April 26 registration deadline may still be reactivated within five days after that date, the National Telecommunications Communication (NTC) said Friday. This gives a final chance…

DOTr chief: World Bank, AFD amenable for extension of loans for BRT project 

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista said that the World Bank and the French government, through the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), two of the world’s largest financial institutions behind the Cebu…

Business permit application deadline extended in Cebu City

Wenilyn Sabalo 01/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Taxpayers in Cebu City will now have more time to process their business permit applications as the City Council agreed to extend the deadline from January 20 to January 31, 2023. The City…

Education aid payout extension, house-to-house distribution eyed 

Daphne Galvez, Tonette Orejas - @inquirerdotnet 08/29/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will look into the possibility of extending the distribution of cash assistance to qualified students as well as house-to-house distribution, an official said Monday. DSWD Assistant…

Libreng Sakay extension for select provincial buses in CV ended on June 25 – LTFRB-7

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 06/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There will be no more Libreng Sakay for selected provincial buses and routes in Central Visayas as of Saturday, June 25, 2022.  This was after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in…

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