IN an attempt to get rid of illegal fixers, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) eyes the expansion of its online renewal of registration for public utility vehicles (PUVs).
LTO chief Jay Art Tugade said they were coordinating with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) regarding the online renewal registration through the Land Transportation Management System (LTMS) portal.
“May initial meetings na po tayo sa LTFRB para magkaroon ng interconnectivity at ma-access ang mga certificate of public convenience o CPC nang sa gayon ay iyong mga may-ari ng mga PUV ay puwede na rin makapag-renew online (We had initial meetings with LTFRB so that there is interconnectivity and we can access the certificate of public convenience or CPC. This way, the owners of the PUVs could also renew online),” Tugade disclosed.
Last February, the LTO rolled out the same online renewal registration for private vehicles, also through the LTMS portal.
Apart from the convenience enjoyed by the PUV operators, the online renewal of registration for the mass transport sector, the scheme was also seen to weed out fixers in LTO premises.
“The LTO and LTFRB must assure that the PUVs plying our roads are roadworthy units. We want to ease the burden of PUV operators when it comes to the renewal of the registration of their units,” Tugade said.