Budget limitations resulted in a P2 billion license plate backlog
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) blamed the delay in license plate manufacturing on budget limitations at the Land Transportation Office (LTO), after the agency was chastised by the Commission on Audit (COA) for failing to produce P2.159 billion in license plates. DOTr said in a statement that the mentioned backlog in plate manufacturing is attributable to the LTO’s lack of …