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Tuesday, December 06, 2016

FORMER DOTC SECRETARY JOSEPH EMILIO ABAYA, 7 OTHERS, FACES GRAFT CHARGES OVER P3.8 BILLION ANOMALOUS LICENSE PLATE DEAL

Former Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya along with seven others are facing graft charges over anomalous P3.8 billion license plate deal.
Citizens Crime Watch (CCW) and the Liga ng Eksplosibong Pagbabago, accompanied by their legal counsel, former MRT 3 general manager Al Vitangcol, filed the complaint at the Department of Justice on Tuesday, December 6.

The complainant noted that in 2013, the LTO embarked in the P3.8-billion Motor Vehicle License Plate Standardization Program (MVLPSP).
The project was awarded to the PPI-JKG Joint Venture; however, the complainant said that “post-qualification of the winning bidder was not done, contrary to the recommendations of the DOTC-BAC Technical Working Group (TWG).

“Had the BAC allowed the post qualification, DOTC could have established that PPI-JKG Joint Venture does not have the financial capability to manufacture the license plates under the MVLPSP Project,” it explained.

Personalities that has been included in criminal raps for violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Government Officials and Employees are:

Joseph Emilio Abaya (former DOTC secretary),

Dante Lantin (transportation assistant secretary),

Alfonso Tan Jr. (former Land Transportation Office director),

Jose Perpetuo Lotilla (former DOTC bids and awards committee member),

Rene Limcaoco (former DOTC bids and awards committee member),

Julianito Bucayan Jr. (former DOTC bids and awards committee member),

Catherine Jennifer Gonzales (former DOTC bids and awards committee member),

and
Ron Salo (corporate counsel of Power Plates Development Concepts Inc. and J. Knieriem BV-Power Plates (PPI-JKG Joint Venture)

Because of this, it pointed out, many vehicle owners who gave their payments “have not been issued the corresponding plates” and the non-availiability of the motor plates “resulted in the myriad of problems—carnapping, violation of traffic laws—among others.”

CCW cited that the Commission on Audit (COA) disallowed the project in July 2015 on the ground that the same was awarded without the required allotment in the 2014 General Appropriations Act.

The complaint was filed after the DOJ issued an August 21 resolution ordering the indictment of officials of Power Plates Development Concepts Inc. and J. Knieriem BV-Power Plates for estafa through falsification of commercial document, false testimony and perjury, and violation of the Government Procurement Act.

“This Honorable Office (DOJ) further established that conspiracy existed among the respondents, PPI and JKG, and that of the DOTC-BAC,” said the complainants.

“It stressed that apparently, the conspiracy of the car plate manufacturers to commit the offenses, as charged would not have succeeded without the knowledge, intervention, act or ommission of the members of the BAC,” the complainants pointed out.

Source:Manila Bulletin
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH 5-YEAR VALIDITY, TO BE ISSUED STARTING NEXT WEEK

DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH 5-YEAR VALIDITY, TO BE ISSUED STARTING NEXT WEEK

STARTING next week, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) will issue driver's license with five-year validity.

But LTO clarified it will be rolled out on a staggered basis.

The licenses with an extended validity will first be issued by three LTO branches in Quezon City starting October 10.

Metro Manila LTO Offices will issue the said driver's license starting October 14.

LTO branches outside Metro Manila will issue a new license by year-end.

LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante, despite having extended validity, the new licenses will still come in the form of paper receipts instead of plastic cards.

It is because the agency has yet to resolve the procurement issue since 2013.

The LTO targets to issue plastic license cards again by the second quarter of 2017.

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A Promise fulfilled.

President Rodrigo Duterte in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 25, announced that the government will work hard to extend the validity of car plates and driver's licenses.

Last September 19, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade signed a Department of Order that will extend the validity of car plates and driver's licenses from three years to five years.

Tugade said, this is a part of the medium-term plan of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and 30-year road map to address complex transportation and traffic issues.

"Part of the plan next year, 'pag bumili ng kotse kasama na 'yung plaka," Tugade added.

VIDEO WATCH: President Duterte Declares Validity on Drivers License Turns into 5 Years

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Tuesday, December 06, 2016

FORMER DOTC SECRETARY JOSEPH EMILIO ABAYA, 7 OTHERS, FACES GRAFT CHARGES OVER P3.8 BILLION ANOMALOUS LICENSE PLATE DEAL

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH 5-YEAR VALIDITY, TO BE ISSUED STARTING NEXT WEEK