MANILA: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) intensified its anti-colorum operations to urgently combat what it calls âCOVID- 19 smugglingâ or the illegal transport of untested individuals to or from the NCR Plus bubble using colorum vehicles.
During the Holy Week break, 12 colorum vehicles were caught ferrying passengers from NCR to Bicol Region. The Bicol Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported that 79 of the colorum vehiclesâ passengers tested positive for COVID-19.
In a recent  virtual press conference, Land Transportation Office (LTO) Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante stated that the agency continues its operations to observe and promote road safety, which includes colorum vehicle inspection. In the past days, the LTO Central, NCR-East, NCR-West, Region 3, Region 4-A, and Region 5 offices have deployed almost 500 personnel who inspected over 12,000 vehicles with 78 apprehended violators, 51 of which are colorum vehicle d