Road accidents remain to be a major concern in the Philippines. The Philippine Statistics Authority indicates close to a 50 percent increase in road traffic incidents in a 10-year period (2011-2021), with road traffic accidents as the leading cause of death among Filipinos from 15 to 29 years old. The…
The camp of former Department of Transportation secretary Arturo Tugade dismissed claims that the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management System of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippineswas faulty, stating that it was the failure of backup power supply that caused the massive air travel disruption on New Year’s Day.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s suggestion to invite former Secretary Arthur Tugade to the probe came after a Bilyonaryo report published Monday suggested that the former transport chief diverted P13 billion allotted for a backup air traffic management system to “cosmetic projects”
The recent appointment of Jay Art Tugade (the son of former DOTr Secretary Tugade) as Assistant Secretary of the Land Transportation Office has given the numerous multimillion-peso investors on Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers “renewed hope” that their once controversial project that was challenged in Congress and went to “limbo” may get a second lease in life or may even be shepherded by Tugade the Son for full implementation in spite of failing to comply with certain requirements, if not laws, pertaining to such establishments or facilities.
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade met with incoming Secretary Jaime Bautista on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at the DOTr Clark Offices in Clark, Pampanga to discuss the agency's ongoing projects and accomplishments in the past six years under the administration of President Rodrigo