MANILA, Feb. 2 -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Friday reported that a total of 272,233 motor vehicles that have been left unregistered for a certain period have registered in January.

In a statement, LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II attributed the achievement to the agency's no registration, no travel policy that cracked down unregistered or "colorum" vehicles since last year.

Of the total, there were 198,283 motorcycles, 20,427 cars, 34,436 utility vehicles, 12,123 sports utility vehicles, 5,617 taxis, 1,098 tricycles, and 168 buses that registered from Jan. 1 to 31.

The LTO-National Capital Region (NCR) logged the highest number of registration renewals with 48,490, LTO-Calabarzon with 39,680, LTO-Central Vi...