Summarized DOTC History

It was during the reign of President Emilio Aguinaldo, the Malolos
Government where the Department of Transportation and Communication

was created. Back in 1899, Gracio Gonzaga was then appointed as the
Secretary of Welfare, which primarily holds Public Instruction, Public Works,
Communications, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. Continuing the legacy
of the Council of Government, the Department continues to grow under the
presidency of Pedro Paterno as it became the Communications and Public Works
Department.
In 1902, it became the Department of Commerce and
Communications under Reorganization Act No. 2666 of 1916. From a small
public service entity, the Commonwealth Government entrusted the newly
centralized Department which composed of the Bureau of Public Works,
Ports, Aeronautics, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Metropolitan Water District
Division of Marine, Railway and Repair Shop, National Radio Broadcasting,
Irrigation Council and Board of Examiners for Civil, Mechanical, Chemical and
Mining Engineers.
The big leap for the transport cooperatives of the Philippines began in
1973. This was the decade where the country encountered a series of both
political and economic crisis. In 1981, the Committee on Transportation
Cooperatives (CTC) was transferred from the Office of the President and
attached instead to the Ministry of Communications. The move was taken to
enhance governments efficiency in its supervision of the facilities and
services of the transport cooperatives. The present Department is was
reorganized pursuant to Excecutive Order No. 125 and 125-A.
Executive Order No. 125-A details the modification of the structural and
functional organization of the Department of Transportation and
Communication (DOTC) in order to ensure compliance with its mandate and
the attainment of the corresponding objectives. Under Section 5 of this Act
are some the powers and functions of the department:
a. Formulate and recommend national policies and guidelines for
the preparation and implementation of integrated and comprehensive
transportation and communications systems at the national, regional and
local levels;
b. Establish and administer comprehensive and integrated
programs for transportation and communications, and for this purpose, may
call on any agency, corporation, or organization, whether public or private,
whose development programs include transportation and communications as
an integral part thereof, to participate and assist in the preparation and
implementation of such program;
c. Assess, review and provide direction to transportation and

communication research and development programs of the government in
coordination with other institutions concerned;
d. Administer and enforce all laws, rules and regulations in the field
of transportation and communications;
e. Coordinate with the Department of Public Works and Highways in the

design, location, development, rehabilitation, improvement, construction,
maintenance and repair of all infrastructure projects and facilities of the
Department. However, government corporate entities attached to the
Department
shall
be
authorized
to
undertake
specialized
telecommunications, ports, airports and railways projects and facilities as
directed by the President of the Philippines or as provided by law;
f. Establish, operate and maintain a nationwide postal system that shall
include mail processing, delivery services, and money order services and
promote the art of philately;
g. Issue certificates of public convenience for the operation of public
land and rail transportation utilities and services;
h. Accredit foreign aircraft manufacturers and/or international
organizations for aircraft certification in accordance with established
procedures and standards;
i. Establish and prescribe rules and regulations for identification of
routes, zones and/or areas of operations of particular operators of public land
services;
j. Establish and prescribe rules and regulations for the establishment,
operation and maintenance of such telecommunications facilities in areas
not adequately served by the private sector in order to render such domestic
and overseas services that are necessary with due consideration for
advances in technology;
k. Establish and prescribe rules and regulations for the operation and
maintenance of a nationwide postal system that shall include mail
processing, delivery services, money order services and promotion of
philately;
l. Establish and prescribe rules and regulations for issuance of
certificates of public convenience for public land transportation utilities, such
as motor vehicles, trimobiles and railways;
m. Establish and prescribe rules and regulations for the inspection and
registration of air and land transportation facilities, such as motor vehicles,
trimobiles, railways and aircrafts;
n. Establish and prescribe rules and regulations for the issuance of
licenses to qualified motor vehicle drivers, conductors, and airmen;
o. Establish and prescribe the corresponding rules and regulations for
the enforcement of laws governing land transportation, air transportation
and postal services, including the penalties for violations thereof, and for the
deputation of appropriate law enforcement agencies in pursuance thereof;
p. Determine, fix and/or prescribe charges and/or rates pertinent to the

operation of public air and land transportation utility facilities and services,
except such rates and/or charges as may be prescribed by the Civil
Aeronautics Board under its charter, and, in cases where charges or rates are
established by international bodies or associations of which the Philippines is
a participating member or by bodies or associations recognized by the
Philippine government as the proper arbiter of such charges or rates;
q. Establish and prescribe the rules, regulations, procedures and
standards for the accreditation of driving schools;
r. Administer and operate the Civil Aviation Training Center (CATC) and
the National Telecommunications Training Institute (NTTI); and
s. Perform such other powers and functions as may be prescribed by
law, or as may be necessary, incidental, or proper to its mandate or as may
be assigned from time to time by the President of the Republic of the
Philippines

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It was during the reign of President Emilio Aguinaldo, the Malolos

Government where the Department of Transportation and Communication

c. Assess, review and provide direction to transportation and

e. Coordinate with the Department of Public Works and Highways in the

p. Determine, fix and/or prescribe charges and/or rates pertinent to the

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