A transport group representing public utility vehicle (PUV) operators has questioned the collection of a ₱169 computer fee per transaction, claiming it has generated more than ₱169 million and may have been implemented without sufficient justification.
IT solutions provider Stradcom Corporation has formally requested Newsbytes.PH to issue a rectification and clarification over a recent article that linked the company’s legacy LTO database system to an alleged luxury car smuggling operation.
The country’s most luxurious cars — including two smuggled Bugatti Chirons — were registered not through the government’s new digital platform, but through an obsolete Land Transportation Office (LTO) system that should have been decommissioned two years ago, investigators have confirmed.
