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Anti-Distracted Driving Act. The Anti-Distracted Driving Act ( ADDA ), officially designated as Republic Act No. 10913, is a Philippine law that prohibits distracted driving by restricting and penalizing the use of mobile phones and other electronics devices while driving on any public thoroughfare, highway, or street in the Philippines. [1]
Website. www .dotr .gov .ph. The Department of Transportation ( DOTr; Filipino: Kagawaran 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.
Website. www.lrta.gov.ph. The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is a public transport operator that is responsible for the construction, operation, maintenance and/or lease of Manila Light Rail Transit System in the Philippines. It is organized as a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as ...
1. Re: Buying a cheap smart phone at NAIA. @Sarabaker, if your smartphone from Canada is unlocked, you may opt to purchase just a local prepaid sim card (there are kiosks at the arrival hall after customs in NAIA, but they are also widely available even at the local 7-11s and even sari sari (small business) stores.
If you want a basic cellphone, just buy a P1,000 ($23) Nokia in the Philippines. I feel the low end Nokias are better made than the low end Samsung phones. Get a Smart SIM (better coverage than Globe in most places) and a load card. If you want a higher end smart phone, prices are better in the U.S.. Just make sure it is not carrier locked.
1,024 helpful votes. 1. Re: Best Cell Phone for Cebu, Leyte, Samar. 12 years ago. Best choice for providers are either globe or smart. For cell phones, there are a lot of brands. The more popular ones are nokia and samsung. There are phones in the 2,000 pesos range (roughly $45), there are some even cheaper.
The National Telecommunications Commission ( NTC; Filipino: Pambansang Komisyon sa Telekomunikasyon) is an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology responsible for the supervision, adjudication and control over all telecommunications services and radio and television networks throughout the Philippines .
4. Re: Cell phone and transportation advice while visiting Manila/Q. Actually it is far easier to just buy a local "smart" sim card (100 pesos), a smart sulit international card - ranges from 100 to 500 pesos stored value (the calls for USA are hardly about 10 pesos per minute) adn use this.