Outgoing Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya and five other officials of the DOTC are now facing graft and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman. Sec. Abaya and five other DOTC official were charged by former MRT General Manager Al Vitangcol III. The graft and administrative charges filed against Sec. Abaya and other officials … Read more
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City, the presumptive president of the Republic of the Philippines revealed during an interview with the media that his choice for DOTC Secretary is a squatter-turned-millionaire. Mayor Duterte’s choice is no other than Arthur “Art” Tugade, his classmate from San Beda College of Law, to head the Department of Transporation … Read more
Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya revealed on Tuesday, September 17, 2013, that Metro Manila is ready to build its own subway system. According to the DOTC Secretary, the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency will begin soon for a north-to-south subway line along EDSA (Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue). … Read more
The Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Abaya admitted that the Public-Private Parnertship (PPP) projects, clarifying that the agency was being careful before plunging into ventures that had not been properly studied. Sec. Abaya revealed during the hearing on the DOTC budget the causes of delay, despite the delays, the administration is bent on … Read more
Former DTI Secretary during the Estrada Administration in the year 2000, and current DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas was appointed by President Aquino on Friday, as the new chief of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). The 55-year-old husband of broadcaster Korina Sanchez is also one of the most prominent personality in the … Read more
