SC lifts order stopping release of license plates

**Monseratto** · January 23rd, 2018 06:09 PM

So the goverment now has two contractors for the plate project... paano na yung mga inipit ng customs at binigay ng libre sa goverment?

The Supreme Court has lifted the restraining order that stopped the release of around 700,000 license plates for motor vehicles and motorcycles.

Covered by the restraining order issued on June 14, 2016 are the 300,000 pairs of license plates for cars and 400,000 license plates for motorcycles.

During Tuesday’s en banc (full court) session, the high court declared as constitutional the use of appropriation under the Motor Vehicle Registration and Driver’s Licensing Regulatory Services in the 2014 national budget for the implementation of the Motor Vehicle License Plate Standardization Program.

“The Court ruled that the 2014 GAA (General Appropriations Act) included an appropriation for the program and the use of the appropriation is constitutional,” the high court said.

The program, which shall run from July 2013 to June 2018, has a budget of P3.8 billion for the procurement of license plates for 5,236,439 motor vehicles and 9,968,017 for motorcycles nationwide.

The DOTC has awarded the project to the joint venture of Netherlands-based J. Knieiriem B.V. Goes and local company Power Plates Development Concept with the contract being signed last February 21, 2014.

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**CVT** · January 23rd, 2018 08:22 PM

Nasaan na mga plaka namin?

Kasama ba rito ang mga lumang sasakyan?

Nakita ko sa tv, plaka sa mga bagong sasakyan...

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**shadow** · January 23rd, 2018 10:01 PM

Meron ng Mark yun windshield dahil hanggang ngayon nakadikit pa rin yun conduction Sticker.

Ang tagal na natin hinde na experience na aksyon conduction Stickers dahil meron ng plaka. [emoji23]

Paranf naging mga oldies tuloy tayo dahil hinde na aalis ng conduction Sticker kahit meron ng plaka.

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**yebo** · January 24th, 2018 01:24 AM

so pag bigay ng plaka at iba ang ending sa conduction....

e di pag coding yung plaka pwede ibalik yung temporary plates

**Monseratto** · January 24th, 2018 08:30 AM

So malapit na makakahimas ng plaka na bakal... Pati yung "donation" ng BOC ng mga plaka na OK na rin.

SC says LTO can release 7, license plates

MANILA, Philippines – Around 700,000 license plates can now be released to motorists after the Supreme Court (SC) lifted the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued in 2016.

The TRO had prevented the Land Transportation Office (LTO) from releasing the license plates. With the lifting of the TRO, there is no hurdle at this point to the release of the plates.

SC Spokesperson Theodore Te said in a news conference on Tuesday, January 23, that the en banc denied the petitions to declare as illegal the donation of the 700,000 license plates to the LTO.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated 300,000 license plates for motor vehicles and 400,000 plates for motorcycles in 2016 after the manufacturer failed to pay taxes. Instead of disposing of these, the BOC donated the plates to the LTO to address the latter's backlog in issuing plates to motorists.

Petitioners questioned the legality of the donation, saying it would be in conflict with the notice of disallowance that was issued against the LTO-Motor Vehicle License Plate Standardization Program (LTO-MVLPSP).

In lifting the TRO, the SC en banc unanimously ruled that the budget for the standardization program in the 2014 General Appropriations Act (GAA) was constitutional.

"The appropriation, both for procurement and implementation, has been examined and decided by the Court and may not be assailed anew under the present petition based on the same grounds," Te said.

The modernized license plates include new safety features such as tamper-resistant locks and bolts as well as reflectorized sheeting. – Rappler.com

**falken** · January 24th, 2018 09:16 AM

^ baka kinalawang na ang mga plaka sa tagal.

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**dr. d** · January 24th, 2018 09:24 AM

i'm not even sure, if i want to install mine, when it finally arrives.
"ok" naman yung green on white ko.

so, what are LTO's final decision on plate design?
gradually replace the current plates to black-on-white? it'll be more costly than staying put, as it involves replacing my estimated 70% of the current plates out there.
or just retain the current green-on-white design? in which case, there's no need to ask anyone to pay money to have the current plates replaced.

if memory serves, the original shift to black-on-white, was to have uniformity in the myriad of current plate designs out there.
and some authorities opined to apparently deaf ears then, that "if you wanted uniformity, you should just have stayed at the green-on-white design, and waited for everything else to either bite the dust or gradually replaced the other (lesser-number) color schemes with green-on-white. instead, you introduced a totally new design! what nincom...!!