Watchdog wants gov’t probe on P3.85B LTO license-plate contract
By Tetch Torres-Tupas
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After more than three decades, the license plates for cars in the country will have a new design following record car sales in 2012.
There were over 1.74 million motor vehicles that were registered in the National Capital Region from January to September 2012, according to data from the Land Transportation Office. This figure was 1.28 percent higher than the around 1.72 million registered vehicles during the same period in 2011. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Sunday said the Land Transportation Office (LTO) was sending the wrong message to motorists by not revoking Robert Blair Carabuena’s driving license.

Acting Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has ordered the arrest of men posing as traffic law enforcers along highways in Maguindanao and mulcting commuters.
Owners of new vehicles should expect to use new license plates on their cars next year.
THE Land Transportation Office will hold a public consultation on the proposed Admninistrative Order on the guidelines and procedures for the standardization of motor vehicle plates.
Abtik kaayo si manlalaban Caesar Tabotabo, legal counsel ni Amparo Balili nga mitubag sa akong pangutana kun magdungan ba ug mag-usa ba ang pagduso nila og motion for reconsideration sa resolusyon sa Ombudsman Manila bahin sa kasong graft subay sa anomalosong pagpalit sa Balili estate. Alisto kaayong nakapasupot sa iyang huna-huna si Tabotabo atubangan sa [...]

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) will implement strict rules on its anti-colorum (public utility vehicles operating illegally) and no overloading policies for drivers of school services.

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has been ordered to stop the implementation of a 2008 order that raised penalties for various traffic-rule violations.

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has been ordered to recall a 2008 order that raised penalties for traffic rule violations. In a five-page decision penned by Judge Antonio Esteves, the Baguio Regional Trail Court (RTC) ruled as unconstitutional LTO Department order 2008-39, which came into effect March 2009. The court also ordered the agency to cease and desist from implementing the order.
The House Committee on Metro Manila Development on Tuesday urged the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to act on “colorum” (unlicensed public utility) vehicles.
The license of a bus driver was revoked after being tested positive for use of illegal drugs, a report from Radyo Inquirer 990AM said Tuesday.