Manila, June 26 -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) have partnered to improve services and strengthen safeguards against anti-competitive practices in the land transportation sector.

The memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed by LTO Executive Director Greg Pua Jr., PCC Chair Michael Aguinaldo and PCC Executive Director Kenneth Tanate at the LTO Central Office in Quezon City on Wednesday.

In a statement on Thursday, LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II, said the agreement is in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s directive to improve government services.

Under the agreement, both the LTO and the PCC will work together in monitoring, prevention, and detection of a...