The Land Transportation Office (LTO) confirmed yesterday that at least 5,000 driver's license cards will be manufactured before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s second State of the Nation Address.
Assistant Secretary Hector Villacorta, LTO officer-in-charge, stated that the agency anticipates Banner Plasticard Inc. creating up to 30,000 driver's license cards daily within 10 days as part of its pledge to supply one million cards in the next 60 days.
“Just maybe 5,000 copies. The paper will surely out of date because the production of license cards will start with 15,000 to 30,000 plastic cards a day within 10 days and the promise is within 60 days they can make 1 million plastic cards so the issue of lack of supply for plastic cards will be history,” Asec. Villacorta said.
The first batch of license cards, according to Villacorta, would be issued to overseas Filipino employees and new driver's license applicants.
Driver's license holders, according to Villacorta, can get electronic copies of their cards via the Land Transportation Management System portal.
He stated that the electronic driver's license would be acceptable during a traffic stop.
