Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Bangsamoro)

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Ministry of Transportation and Communications
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Agency overview
Jurisdiction Regional government of Bangsamoro
Minister responsible
  • Paisalin Tago, Minister of Transportation and Communications
Website motc.bangsamoro.gov.ph

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), is the regional executive department of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) responsible for affairs related to communications and transportation in the region.

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Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim appointed former Philippine Army officer Dickson Hermoso on July 15, 2020 as the first transportation and communications minister. Hermoso became the region's first Christian minister.

The MOTC was organized from the sectoral offices of the national government's Department of Transportation (DOTr) in the now defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. [1] In September 2019, the DOTr facilitated the transfer of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board's (LTFRB) Region 12 facilities to the MOTC. [2] The DOTr also formally transferred its assets and functions to the MOTC on March 27, 2021. [3]

Sectoral offices

Source: [1]

Ministers

#MinisterTerm beganTerm endedChief Minister
1 Dickson Hermoso July 15, 2019September 23, 2022 Murad Ebrahim
2Paisalin Tago [4] September 23, 2022incumbent

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sectoral Offices". Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  2. Navales, Mark (September 18, 2019). "BARMM gains LTFRB offices, modern PUVs from Region 12". Manila Standard. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  3. "DOTr transfers functions to MOTC-Barmm". Sunstar. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. Untalan, Sherylin (24 September 2022). "New, re-appointed Bangsamoro Cabinet members take their oaths of office". GMA News. Retrieved 24 September 2022.