MANILA: The recent delivery of 600,000 plastic cards to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is enough to fill the backlog for driver’s licenses from the previous year, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista said.

‘Meron pa tayo nung additional na 1 million na nai-deliver sa LTO noong nakaraan (This is on top of the additional 1 million cards delivered to the LTO previously),’ he said in a turnover ceremony at the LTO headquarters in Quezon City on Tuesday.

By May, Bautista said at least 2.2 million more cards will be delivered to the LTO for distribution to its various district and satellite offices.

‘Now that the writ is lifted, we can now proceed with the issuance of license cards for new DL (driver’s license) applicants and those who will renew,’ he said.

Earlier, LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II said the recent delivery would ensure the continuity of the schedule of renewal of driver’s licenses issued in March.

On March 25, the first 1 million plastic cards were d
elivered to the LTO after the Court of Appeals lifted the injunction order on the delivery of remaining undelivered plastic cards from Banner Plasticard procured last year.

Source: Philippines News Agency