LTO chief Vigor Mendoza said the 20-day temporary restraining order (TRO) issued in August by a Quezon City court, which stopped the awarding of the contract for the production of driver's license cards had lapsed.
Mendoza said the agency is slowly building up supply of the driver's license cards to address the estimated 2.4-million backlog.
This story is from the September 15, 2023 edition of The Philippine Star.
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