PCG rescue teams deployed amid widespread floods in NCR

THE PHILIPPINE  Coast Guard (PCG) on Wednesday deployed several teams for search and rescue (SAR) operations amid floods in the National Capital Region (NCR) brought by Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat).

PH, India to boost economic ties via tech summit

THE EMBASSY of India in the Philippines on Tuesday launched the first India-Philippine Tech Summit (IPTS) to help boost economic and strategic partnership between the two countries through the use of digital technology.

1st phase of LRT-1 Cavite Extension 97% complete

THE FIRST phase of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension is now 97 percent complete and is on track to begin operations in the fourth quarter of this year.

Amusement tax for Filipino films waived for 3 years

THE METRO Manila Council (MMC) has waived the 10 percent amusement tax for the screenings of all local films in the National Capital Region (NCR) for the next three years to help support and promote the Filipino film industry.

Manila Int'l Film Fest opens with 10 MMFF films in Hollywood

THE MANILA  International Film Festival on Tuesday began its screening of ten Filipino films at the TCL Chinese Theaters on Hollywood Boulevard in California.

PCG joins LTO in ‘no registration, no travel’ crackdown

THE LAND Transportation Office (LTO) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have joined forces in the implementation of the “no registration, no travel” policy against unregistered private and public utility vehicles (PUVs).

Expect pre-dawn traffic as subway machine moves from Manila to Pasig

A TUNNEL boring machine (TBM) will be transported from Manila to Pasig City for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) and may cause traffic congestion during the off hours of Feb. 2 to Feb. 5.

Davao City not exempted from PUVMP

THE DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday clarified that Davao City is not exempted from the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) and is running a separate yet complementary program.

Transport coops free to decide which modern jeepneys to buy -- LTFRB

TRANSPORT COOPERATIVES  are free to decide which modern jeepneys to buy for the public utility vehicle modernization program, officials said Tuesday.

MMFF 2023 earns record P1.069B

THE  49TH  Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) has earned around PHP1.069 billion since its opening on Dec. 25, 2023 until Jan. 7, beating the previous record set in 2018.

MRT-3 ridership tops 129M in 2023

THE METRO  Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) has provided over 129 million rides in 2023, 30 percent more than its total ridership in 2022.

LTO suspends license, summons car driver in QC bank crash

THE LAND  Transportation Office (LTO) on Monday imposed a license suspension and summoned the driver of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) that crashed into a bank in Quezon City, killing one person and injuring several others.

67 rescued from half-sunk boat in Quezon town

ALLl 67 passengers and crew of a passenger boat in distress in the waters off Polillo town, Quezon have been rescued on Thursday.

DOTr disburses over PHP43B for various infra projects

THE DEPARTMENT  of Transportation (DOTr) has ramped up the release of funds for several infrastructure projects, disbursing over PHP43 billion as of June for priority transport projects under the "Build Better More" program of the Marcos administration.

Ferry spots boat of missing PCG rescuers in Cagayan waters

 A  COMMERCIAL  passenger ferry has spotted the aluminum boat of four rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) who went missing while on a rescue mission during the onslaught of Typhoon Egay last week.

PH, Japan to boost cooperation on broadband infra, cybersecurity

MANILA - The governments of the Philippines and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) to strengthen cooperation and development in the field of information and communications technology (ICT), notably to boost broadband infrastructure and cybersecurity.

Local telco says text scams likely coming from abroad

LOCAL TELECOMMUNI telecommunications company Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has disclosed that the increasing text scams in the country are likely to be coming from overseas.

DICT to intensify war vs. online child exploitation

THE DEPARTMENT  of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has vowed to intensify its efforts to combat online child exploitation in the country by tracing child traffickers through their online activities.

DOTr chief eyes upgrades after surprise inspection of NAIA

TRANSFORTATION SECRETARY Jaime Bautista has recommended several improvements aimed at providing a better travel experience for passengers after a surprise inspection of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 on Monday.