MANILA (26 Apr 2018) - The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Thursday launched its Online Personal Appointment and Scheduling System (PASS) which allows drivers to apply for licenses and renew vehicle registration online. The PASS system will reduce the long queues in the offices of the LTO. The LTO designated four (4) district offices in Marikina, Pasig, Novaliches, and Muntinlupa Extension Office as pilot sites that will accept online scheduling and is also available through its website www.LTO.gov.ph starting last Monday (April 23).
"With the LTO Online PASS, LTO clients can select their preferred LTO site, date, and a slot for Driver's License or Motor Vehicle renewal. The LTO has assigned dedicated lanes that will process appointments and evaluate applications, allowing for more efficient handling of transactions in their offices," the LTO said in a statement Thursday.
Walk-in applicants will still undergo regular processing of their applications by the agency. "This is a big step towards enhancing our services by utilizing this online platform to bring more convenience to the public in line with President Duterte's directive to bring more convenience to the public," LTO chief Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante said.
Last January, the agency has introduced the LTO Kiosk, an interactive self-service kiosk which aims to inform its clients about transactions, requirements and other LTO-related matters. This is also used to inform the public on the latest projects of the LTO. The LTO has also added the Motor Vehicle (MV) Renewal feature on the kiosk this month wherein the public may have their vehicles assessed and evaluated instead of queuing at LTO Evaluator windows. To avail of the service, applicants should submit complete MV Renewal requirements such as OR/CR (official receipt/certificate of registration), emission test, third part party liability insurance, and motor vehicle inspection report.
The LTO Kiosk-MV Renewal was piloted at its district office in Diliman last April 24 and will be rolled out at other LTO sites nationwide by the end of the year. The public can also access LTO TEXT, an SMS based service to verify non-personal but pertinent motor vehicle or drivers' license record. To use, text: LTO Vehicle <PlateNumber> and LTO License <DL Number> send to 2600 within seconds and they will receive a reply that would verify details regarding the vehicle or license record. [Aerol John Patena, PNA]
MANILA (7 December 2017) - The Land Transportation Office (LTO) will start issuing license plates by March next year, assuring motorists it will proceed with the procurement in accordance with the law. In a statement Thursday, the LTO said it has issued a notice of award to the winning bidder in the procurement of license plates worth Php978.8-million last December 1. The winning bidder Trojan Computer Forms Manufacturing Corporation and J.H. Tonnjes E.A.S.T. GmbH & Co. KG Joint Venture will provide the performance security with the initial delivery license plates scheduled sometime in March 2018. "The LTO assures the public that the agency is doing the best it can, in compliance with existing laws and regulations, to deliver the license plates," LTO chief and Department of Transportation Assistant Edgar Galvante said in a statement. The delay in the issuance of license plates was caused by the temporary restraining order of the Supreme Court (SC) on June 2016 preventing the LTO and then Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) from distributing 700,000 license plates turned over by the Bureau of Customs after the plates' supplier-importer failed to pay the required customs duties. The 2013 procurement of motor vehicle (MV)/ motorcycle (MC) plates, which covers the supply of license plates from 2014-2018, was questioned before the courts and the Commission on Audit which remains pending to date. "Thus, when the present administration came in July 2016, there was no budget allocation for procurement of license plates for 2016, 2017 and 2018. Unconvinced that the procurement of license plates is dependent on the resolution of the cases involving the previous procurement, Asec. Galvante then requested for additional funds to be included in the LTO's 2017 budget in the amount of Php 400-million in order to proceed with the procurement of license plates," the LTO said. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade approved the request and allocated Php 1-billion from the department's budget for LTO's procurement of license plates in November last year. House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged Galvante to resign over the agency's failure to release new license plates with an estimated backlog reaching 6-million. [Aerol John Patena, PNA]
