AT least 5,000 copies of driver’s license cards will arrive before President Bongbong Marcos deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) next week, according to Land Transportation Office (LTO) Officer-in-Charge Assistant Secretary Hector Villacorta.
During a briefing with the media, Asec. Villacorta said the LTO expects the Banner Plasticard, Inc. to produce 15,000 to 30,000 cards daily within 10 days as part of its commitment to deliver 1 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 The paper will surely out of date because the production of license cards will start with 15,000 to 30,000 plastic cards a day within 10 days and the promise is within 60 days they can make 1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.
Asec. Villacorta explained that the first batch of license cards will be distributed to Overseas Filipino Workers and new driver’s license applicants.
“Actually ang nauuna is OFWs and Student Driver’s Permit that mature into Non-pro or Professional license,” he said.
Banner Plasticard, Inc., according to Asec. Villacorta, is capable of producing 15,000 to 30,000 cards daily.
“I’ve seen the factory here in Pasig and they showed me that they can do 15,000 to 30,000 copies everyday,” he said.
On the other hand, Asec. Villacorta said driver’s license holders can now access their electronic copies of licenses via the LTMS Portal.
“Napa-aga ‘yung launch because the IRR takes 15 days to take effect. But we just want to assure the public that things are getting back to normal and we have an additional form that is available, the virtual ID,” he said, adding that the virtual ID will be advantageous to OFWs, who may present the digital copy as proof of identification.
“Pwede rin ipakita ‘yung e-license so we would have a memo to all enforcers that that should be accepted,” he said.
