Reeling from a public furor over its inability to issue proper drivers' licenses, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced on Friday that it would extend the validity of driver's licenses expiring from April 24 to October 31 and waive all penalties arising from late renewal. 'Many of our countrymen have already spoken,' Assistant Secretary Jose Arturo Tugade, head of the LTO, said in a video message sent to the media. He was referring to mounting criticism that the government has again run out of plastic cards for licenses, a problem that has persisted since the issue first emerged eight years ago, or in 2015.

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