Around 5,000 driver’s licenses are set to be delivered by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) prior to the upcoming second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the LTO announced on Monday, July 17.
“Just maybe 5,000 copies. The paper will surely be out [by the said] date because the production of license cards will start with 15,000 to 30,000 plastic cards a day within ten days, and the promise is within 60 days,” said LTO Sec. Hector Villacorta in a press briefing.
“They can make 1 million plastic cards, so the issue of lack of supply for plastic cards will be history,” he added.
According to Villacorta, a manufacturer named Banner Plasticard Inc. promised to produce more than 30,000 license cards every day helping them to minimize their document backlog.
Villacorte said that the first batch will be given to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and new applicants for driver’s licenses.
Meanwhile, Villacorta noted that driver’s license holders may now access electronic copies of their licenses through the Land Transportation Management System or the LTMS Portal.
