MANILA – Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Monday called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to increase the ridership capacity in public transportation to 70 percent.
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to retain the one-meter physical distancing among commuters in public transportation, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced Saturday.
Vice President Leni Robredo wants to know what the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr’s) basis was in reducing physical distancing rules in public transportation starting September 14.
Apart from face masks, Malacañang said wearing a face shield is now required in enclosed commercial establishments.
Malacañang on Friday disagreed on the pronouncement of Senator Imee Marcos questioning the mandatory use of face shields for passengers and drivers of public transportation.
Malacañang on Friday disagreed on the pronouncement of Senator Imee Marcos questioning the mandatory use of face shields for passengers and drivers of public transportation.
Government workers required to physically report for work should be provided with transportation, especially during the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) and ECQ where public transportation is not allowed to operate.
National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief Carlito Galvez Jr. believes traffic is lighter on EDSA and other major roads nowadays because people are still afraid to go out of their homes.
Metro Manila will be placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) beginning Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte announced Thursday.
Tricycle drivers in Antipolo City get to earn a living even with the limitation on public transportation due to the lockdown. Mayor Andeng Ynares has partnered with delivery service firms JoyRide and Happy Move.
Any mode of public transportation will still be prohibited in areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Malacañang said.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) laid out its guidelines for public transportation in general community quarantine (GCQ) areas deemed at low risk for transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion is urging President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a “partial lockdown” after he lifts his enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon on April 13.
Social Weather Stations president Mahar Mangahas thinks the biggest injustice in the lockdown of Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon is the ban on all public transportation, specifically jeepneys and tricycles.
Ethel Booba has taken up the cudgels for Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto after Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy executive director Mocha Uson bashed him for allowing tricycles on the streets despite the ongoing ban on public transportation.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Tuesday urged establishments allowed to continue operations during enhanced community quarantine to provide their workers shuttle service or accommodation so they could access work quickly.
Several measures on public transportation, including a limit on passengers, will be implemented in line with the government’s imposed community quarantine in Metro Manila.
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has filed a bill defining the type of motorcycles that may qualify as public utility vehicles, in effect
The proposed Federal Republic of the Philippines will have five states, according to a draft of the new Constitution being prepared by the House committee on constitutional amendments.
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