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The Land Transportation Franchising and

Regulatory Board is an agency under

the Department of Transportation and

Communications responsible for promulgating,

administering, enforcing, and monitoring compliance

of policies, laws, and regulations of public land

transportation services.

The regulatory land transportation dates back to the

early 1900s. The LTFRB therefore, is a product of a

series of transformations. The evolutionary

progression runs as thus:

� Coastwise Rate Commission – November

17, 1902

� Supervising Railway Expert – June 29, 1906

� Board of Public Utility Commissioners –

December 19, 1913

� Public Utilities Commission – March 9, 1917

� Public Service Commission - 1926

� Specialized Regulatory Boards - 1972

� Board of Transportation - 1979

� Land Transportation Commission (BOT &

BLT) - 1985

� Land Transportation Franchising &

Regulatory Board -1987

The Board shall have the following powers and

functions:

1. To prescribe and regulate routes of service,

2. To issue, amend, revise, suspend or cancel

Certificates of Public Convenience or

permits

3. To determine, prescribe and approve and

periodically review and adjust, reasonable

fares, rates and other related charges,

4. injunction

5. contempt

6. subpoena

7. investigations and hearings of complaints

8. To review motu proprio the

decisions/actions of the Regional

Franchising and Regulatory Office herein

created;

9. To promulgate rules and regulations

10. To fix, impose and collect, and periodically

review and adjust, reasonable fees;

11. To formulate, promulgate, administer,

implement and enforce rules and

regulations on land transportation public

utilities

12. To coordinate and cooperate with other

government agencies and entities

13. To perform such other functions

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The Land Transportation Office is an agency under

the Department of Transportation and

Communications responsible for optimizing the land

transportation service and facilities and to

effectively implement the various transportation

laws, rules and regulations.

The Land Transportation Commission was abolished

and two offices were created, namely: Land

Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land

Transportation Franchising and Regulatory

Board (LTFRB). The LTO took over the functions of

the former BLT while the LTFRB took over the

functions of the BOT. The MOTC was likewise

renamed as the Department of Transportation and

Communications (DOTC).

Mission: To rationalize the land transportation

service and facilities and to implement effectively

the various transportation laws, rules and

regulations

1. Inspection and Registration of Motor Vehicles

2. Issuance of Licenses and Permits

3. Enforcement of Land Transportation Rules and

Regulations

4. Adjudication of Traffic Cases

5. Collection of Revenues for the Government

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) is an

agency under the Department of Transportation and

Communications tasked to regulate, promote and

develop the economic aspect of air transportation in

the Philippines and to ensure that existing CAB

policies are adapted to the present and future air

commerce of the Philippines.

The Board has supervisory and jurisdictional control

over air carriers, general sales agents, cargo sales

agents, and airfreight forwarders, as well as their

property, property rights, equipment, facilities and

franchises.

The CAB is mandated by RA 776 as amended by PD

1462.

The following are the specific functions and powers

of the Board:

1. Licensing of domestic and international airlines,

the latter with the approval of the President;

2. Regulation of fares and rates for the carriage of

persons and property;

3. Enforcement of the economic provisions of R.A.

776;

4. Authorization of navigation of foreign aircraft in

the Philippines;

5. Participation in the negotiation of air agreements

covering exchange of air rights;

6. Approval or disapproval of mergers,

consolidations, interlocking relationship and inter-

airline agreements;

7. Regulation of air accounting practices and

development of air carrier reporting system;

8. Maintenance of public records of tariffs, schedules

and other materials required to be filed by air

carriers;

9. Assure protection of the public by requiring the

performance of safe and adequate air service,

eliminating rate discrimination, unfair competition

and deceptive practices in air transportation;

10. Suggest corrective measures to improve safety in

air commerce; and

11. Adjudication of appeal from safety enforcement

decision of the Civil Aeronautics Board.

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The Air Transportation Office is an agency under

the Department of Transportation and

Communications responsible for implementing

policies on civil aviation to assure safe, economic

and efficient air travel.

On March 4, 2008, President Gloria Macapagal-

Arroyo signed into law the Civil Aviation Authority

Act of 2008, abolishing the Air Transportation Office

and creating the Civil Aviation Authority. This was in

response to the downgrading by the U.S. Federal

Aviation Authority (FAA) of the Philippine aviation

status from Category 1 to Category 2 over concerns

about the safety of the country's airports and air

carriers.

The Maritime Industry Authority is an agency under

the Department of Transportation and

Communications responsible for integrating the

development, promotion and regulation of the

maritime industry in the Philippines.

MARINA has jurisdiction over the development,

promotion and regulation of all enterprises engaged

in the business of designing, constructing,

manufacturing, acquiring, operating, supplying,

repairing, and/or maintaining vessels, or component

parts thereof, of managing and/or operating

shipping lines, shipyards, drydocks, marine railways,

marine repair ships, shipping and freight forwarding

agencies and similar enterprises.

The MARINA was created on 01 June 1974 with the

issuance of PD 474 and started functioning as an

agency attached to the office of the President (OP)

on 29 August 1979 with the issuance of PD 761

mandating the agency to integrate the development,

promotion and regulation of the country’s maritime

industry.

In 1979, MARINA, pursuant to EO 546 dated 23 July

of the same year, was made an attached agency of

the Ministry of Transportation and Communications

(MOTC) for policy and program coordination. Thus,

by virtue of EO 1011 issued on 20 March 1985,

MARINA assumed jurisdiction on the quasi-judicial

functions of the Board of Transportation (BOT) in the

franchising and route fixing involving water

transportation services under the Public Service Act

(PSA), as amended.

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The Philippine Coast Guard (Tanod Baybayin ng

Pilipinas) is literally the coast guard of

the Philippines. The PCG is involved in the broader

enforcement of maritime laws in the country,

especially against smuggling, illegal fishing and drug

trafficking. Also, it is involved in maritime search and

rescue (SAR) missions, as well as the protection of

marine environment. Currently it is present

throughout the archipelago, from Basco, Batanes to

Bongao, Tawi tawi.

The mission of the Philippine Coast Guard is to

promote safety of life and property at sea; safeguard

the marine environment and resources; enforce all

applicable maritime laws; and undertake other

activities in support of the mission of the

Department of Transportation and Communications

(DOTC).

The Philippine Ports Authority is an agency under

the Department of Transportation and

Communications responsible for financing,

management and operations of public ports

throughout the Philippines, to establish, develop,

regulate, manage and operate a rationalized national

port system in support of trade and national

development.

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The National Telecommunications Commission is

an agency under theDepartment of Transportation

and Communications responsible for supervising,

adjudicating and controlling over all

telecommunications services throughout

the Philippines; a regulatory agency providing an

environment that ensures reliable, affordable and

viable infrastructure and services in information and

communications technology (ICT) accessible to all.

It is created under Executive Order No. 546

promulgated on July 23, 1979, and conferred with

regulatory and quasi-judicial functions taken over

from the Board of Communications and the

Telecommunications Control Bureau which were

abolished in the same Order.

Primarily, the NTC is the sole body that exercises

jurisdiction over the supervision, adjudication and

control over all telecommunications services

throughout the country. For the effective

enforcement of this responsibility, it adopts and

promulgates such guidelines, rules, and regulations

relative to the establishment operation and

maintenance of various telecommunications

facilities and services nationwide.

Although independent, in so far as its regulatory and

quasi-judicial functions are concerned, the NTC

remains under the administrative supervision of the

Department of Transportation and Communication

as an attached agency. However, with respect to its

quasi-judicial functions, NTC's decisions are

appealable to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme

Court.

Vested with jurisdiction in the supervision and

control over all telecommunications and broadcast

services / facilities in the Philippines.

• Grant Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity/Provisional Authority to install,

operate and maintain telecommunications,

broadcast and CATV services.

• Grant licenses to install, operate and

maintain radio stations

• Allocate/sub-allocate and assign the use of

radio frequencies

• Type-approve/type-accept all radio

communications, broadcast and customer

premises equipment

• Conduct radio communications examination

and issue radio operators certificate

• Prepare, plan and conduct studies for policy

and regulatory purposes

• Monitor the operation of all

telecommunications and broadcast

activities

• Enforce applicable domestic and

international laws, rules and regulations,

prosecute violations thereof, and impose

appropriate penalties/sanctions

• Issue licenses to operate land, maritime,

aeronautical and safety devices

• Perform such other

telecommunications/broadcast-related

activities as may be necessary in the

interest of public service