#car plates

The problem of backlogs on vehicle license plates may soon be over. The Supreme Court TRO has just been lifted and the hundreds of thousands of pending license plates can now be released to registered car owners. Both leaderships of DOTr and LTO feel that the issue of the license plates has long been overdue, compounding the concerns of backlogs in license plates. Though both agencies have yet to be furnished with an official copy of the High Court’s ruling, DOTr and LTO view the recent developments as a great help in curbing the problem of license plates in the country. This issue traces back to July 2015 when the Commission on Audit issued a notice of disallowance for the payment of the license plates to the supplier (contract was worth Php3.8 billion). Lacking the necessary funds, the supplier was also not able to pay taxes on their latest shipment involving the 700,000 license plates. Eventually, the Bureau of Customs confiscated the license plates that were unclaimed by the supplier at the port. The plates were later on donated to the LTO so they could use it to remedy the backlog. Read more in our articles including "Delayed license plates from 2016 ready to be released" and "Moo Mini Cards: An Expensive Lesson in Proofreading".