Department of Transportation and Communications (Philippines)
| Kagawaran ng Transportasyon | |
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| Formed | January 23, 1899 |
| Dissolved | June 30, 2016 as Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) |
| Headquarters | The Columbia Tower, Ortigas Avenue, Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila |
| Annual budget | ₱52.9 billion (2015) |
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| Website | www |
The Department of Transportation (DOTr; Filipino: Kagawarán ng Transportasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress.
The department is responsible for the country's land, air, sea and communications infrastructure.
The headquarters is the Columbia Tower in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila.
Until June 30, 2016, the department was named Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC; Filipino: Kagawarán ng Transportasyón at Komunikasyón). With Republic Act No. 10844 or "An Act Creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology", signed into law on May 20, 2016 during the administration of Outgoing President Benigno Aquino III, the Information and Communications Technology Office was spun off the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and merged with all operative units of the DOTC dealing with communications, to form the new Department of Information and Communications Technology.
From 1899 to 1979 all transportation and communications activities were integrated into the structure and activities of what is now today the Department of Public Works and Highways.
On July 28, 1979, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), headed by Minister José P. Dans Jr. was formally created pursuant to Executive Order No. 546. Under this Executive Order, the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (MPWTC) was divided into two separate ministries: The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) and the Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH).
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