Manila, Feb. 6 -- Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II, has ordered the agency's executives to provide assistance to cargo trucks delivering rice across the country.

In a statement on Wednesday, Mendoza said the assistance aims to ensure "unhampered and smooth" national government intervention through the delivery of rice supply to various areas in the country, particularly those experiencing a shortage or increase in prices.

"We will make available some of our personnel to escort cargo trucks that would be tapped to deliver rice from the point of origin to the point of destination," he said.

The LTO will coordinate with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and other relevant government agencies in...