‘ANYARE, LTO?’: ONLY ONE MILLION PLASTIC CARDS LEFT FOR LTO, SAYS RANKING OFFICER

By Junex Doronio

DOWN TO its last one (1) million plastic cards for driver’s licenses.

This occurred at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) after a local court issued a preliminary injunction to the government’s procurement of plastic cards.

“We are down to 1 million cards…This is on a first-come, first-served basis,” LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza revealed in a TeleRadyo Serbisyo interview.

However, he added that the remaining plastic cards are sufficient for the April, May, and June backlogs plus cards for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) seeking to renew their driver’s licenses.

Mendoza said the OFWs who want to renew their licenses before leaving will need to present their ticket before the LTO.

He further said the LTO is eyeing workarounds such as tapping the National Printing Office in a government-to-government deal to provide plastic licenses.

“We are talking to them right now, same quality and hopefully the same price,” Mendoza said.

It was gathered that the LTO will ask the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to accelerate the bidding of the driver’s supply license cards for next year.

(ai/mnm)