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Did you know? Beginning April 6, 2020, all student driver’s permit applicants will have to undergo a theoretical driving course (15-hour lecture) at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) or at any LTO Accredited Driving Schools in accordance with the Memorandum Circular 2019-2176. Source: lto.gov.ph You may want to read: LTO License Renewal
DOTr Guidelines on Social Distancing and Community Quarantine Land Transport Passenger Limit for public land Transport 1. Taxis/Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS), including airport taxi: No more than four (4) passengers, one seat apart; 2. UV Express: No more than six (6) passengers including the driver, one seat apart; 3. Old Jeepneys: No more than … Read more
San Fabian Beach is a strategic landing zone of ships and soldiers who came to Philippine shores. The San Fabian Beach Marker was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, on the occasion of the tricentennial anniversary of San Fabian, Pangasinan as a town. The marker was donated by: Digna Z. Narvarte, Heldhita Z. Jasmin-Rodriguez, Eliseo Z. … Read more
Street dancers wave giant “lanzones” during a parade in celebration of the 40th Lanzones Festival in Mambajao, Camiguin on Saturday. The festival coincides with the harvest season of the lanzones, the island province’s primary product, every third week of October. Dancers, clad in colorful costumes, jive to the tune of live music during the parade … Read more
On this day, October 8, in 1565, Spanish friar and navigator Andres de Urdaneta successfully arrived in Acapulco, Mexico from Cebu, the Philippines aboard the galleon San Pedro, thus establishing the route of the galleon trade. We celebrate the Day of the Galleon to commemorate the Galleon Trade using the route found by Fray Andres … Read more