Tag Archives: DOTC

What good is SLEX’s RFID if you can’t reload it like EPASS?

Posted on August 11, 2015 by JPFenix

IT HAS been almost four months since we opened discussions on the order of San Miguel Corporation to stop issuing EPASS tags for its South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)/ Skyway toll roads despite the thousands of pending orders. In response to … Continue reading →

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Lack of Driver’s License cards a major OFW issue

Posted on June 2, 2015 by JPFenix

DRIVERS are bitching over the lack of driver’s license cards issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO), myself included. When I renewed my license last March I was given the Official Reciept stamped with a note indicating that the piece … Continue reading →

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Bring Back EPASS Now! Calling Edmundo Reyes, TRB

Posted on April 29, 2015 by JPFenix

IS THE Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) run by another do-nothing politician appointed by the President in the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)? This is the question that kept turning in my mind as I drove into the C5 entry … Continue reading →

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Metro Manila traffic plague seen to spread nationwide

Posted on October 7, 2014 by JPFenix

TO SAY that traffic is bad in Metro Manila is an understatement. When I was with the Sunday Inquirer Magazine in the late 1980s we did a whole issue – practically cover to cover – on the worsening traffic problem. … Continue reading →

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Aquino legacy: inclusive growth, or crash and burn?

Posted on September 3, 2014 by JPFenix

RECENT reports seem to point to an urgency to expand and build our infrastructure. Our mass transport system like land (bus, jeep etc.), rail (like PNR, MRT, LRT) air and sea are feeling the strain of over use and lack … Continue reading →

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Heads must roll at DOTC, starting from the top

Posted on August 13, 2014 by JPFenix

JUST as I was mulling the utter stupidity of the Department of Transportation and Communications’ (DOTC) idea to have two MRT-LRT common stations, breaking news on television suddenly broke that an MRT train barged through the wall of the Taft … Continue reading →

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Decongesting Manila to save the country

Posted on August 5, 2014 by JPFenix

IS THE Manila City government right in banning trucks from its streets from 5:00 am to 9:00 PM? If we are to believe some economic analysts and big businesses, the city run by former President and now Mayor Joseph “Erap” … Continue reading →

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Civilians caught in the crossfire

Posted on July 22, 2014 by JPFenix

DISTURBING news worldwide is how civilians are caught in the crossfire, whether between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza, our Overseas Filipino Workers in Libya, Malaysian Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine or plain folk held hostage in the Zamboanga siege. Being … Continue reading →

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No room for slackers in today’s business models

Posted on February 25, 2014 by JPFenix

IN PHILSTAR’S business section today columnist Babe Romualdez writes about the e-Pass tag system for payment in the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). And all those who use this swear by its convenience, especially if you have to use that road … Continue reading →

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DOTC rebids LTO-IT project: a fishy start for the new year?

Posted on January 2, 2014 by JPFenix

A FRIEND told me a story of how he had recently received a surprise letter from Switzerland – the government of Switzerland to be exact – charging him what is worth some P11,000.00 in Euros for a traffic ticket he … Continue reading →

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