Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista has urged the newly-appointed head of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to address issues hounding the agency such as the shortage of driver’s license cards and motor vehicle plates.
“I know that [Atty. Vigor] Mendoza will be able to do the job. He has all the qualifications, training and experience,” Bautista said.
“He knows the problems and the possible solutions,” he added.
With Mendoza’s expertise in the transport sector, issues surrounding the LTO will be addressed within the year, according to the Transportation chief.
“The problems on license plates and driver’s license will be resolved within the year. With the finalization of the procurement of the plates, we already had delivery last week and today, while delivery of the license cards is about to happen,” Bautista noted.
In a related development, Bautista and Mendoza on Tuesday received at least 5,000 plastic cards for the driver’s licenses from Banner Plasticard, Inc. as part of its one million package in the next 60 days.
Bautista said Banner Plasticard, Inc. will deliver over 5,000 every week and has committed to deliver 5.2 million plastic cards by year end.
The first batch of license cards will be distributed to overseas Filipino workers and new driver’s license applicants.
Banner Plasticard was expected to produce 15,000 to 30,000 cards daily within 10 days.