UM and LTO XI Seal Partnership For Outreach Service Caravans Among UM Campuses

UM and Land Transportation Office XI officially inked a partnership to bring essential LTO services closer to the UM community through the Outreach Service Caravan program. The services include a free theoretical driving course (TDC), issuance of student permits, driver’s license renewal, and motor vehicle registration renewal.

The signing was led no less by the two institutions’ top management: Dr. Guillermo P. Torres, Jr., UM CEO and President, and Atty. Ernesto Raphael V. Robillo, Regional Director LTO XI. The signing was held yesterday, March 27, at the UM Bolton campus.

UM senior officials such as Dr. Evelyn Saludes, VP for Branch Operations, UM Tagum Campus; Dr. Reynaldo Castro, VP for External Relations & International Affairs Office, UM Main, and the rest of the branch directors and principals; and LTO Officers, namely Marilou Narca, Chief, Administrative Division, OIC – Asst. Regional Director; Joelito Mandaya, Supervising Transportation Regulation Officer; Melencio Diaz, Jr., Chief Transportation Regulation Officer, District Head-Davao City South District Office; and the Supervising Transportation Regulation Officers from Tagum, Panabo, Digos, and Samal District Offices also served as witnesses during the signing.

For this partnership, personnel from LTO XI will conduct outreach service caravans across the UM Main Davao, Guianga, Ilang, Tagum City, Panabo City, Peñaplata Campus, Digos City, and Bansalan campuses.

Notably, the programs by LTO XI include providing technical expertise and resources for road safety education programs and training, free theoretical driving courses to students, teaching and non-teaching personnel, issuance of permits, license renewals, and motor vehicle registration.

This MOA underscores the commitment of both LTO XI and UM to promoting road safety through education and awareness campaigns, enforcing transportation laws, rules, and regulations, and extending public service initiatives to a broader reach.