DOTr steps up anti-colorum operations to prevent 'COVID-19 smuggling'
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 (LT...