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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1787025147460Screen Shot 2026-08-18 at 8.05.55 AM (5).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">[Former] Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Asec. Vigor Mendoza II holds a press conference at Primex Tower in San Juan City on May 22, 2024.<em> Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday announced it placed LTFRB chairman Vigor Mendoza and Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) chief Teofili Guadiz III under a 6-month preventive suspension.</p><p>The suspension was due to the two&#x27;s role as former Land Transportation Office (LTO) chiefs.</p><p>In a press release, the Ombudsman said it suspended Mendoza and Guadiz over &quot;the continued use of the STRADCOM-operated LTO information technology system that resulted in an additional P13.3 billion in computer fees.&quot;</p><p>“The continued utilization of the LTO IT System by Guadiz and Mendoza demonstrates a patent disregard of established government policy and prior official directives intended to transition LTO operations to the LTMS,” the ruling said.</p><div><br/></div><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KSdfe5qxdWQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday announced it placed LTFRB chairman Vigor Mendoza and Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) chief Teofili Guadiz III under a 6-month preventive suspension.</p>

The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday announced it placed LTFRB chairman Vigor Mendoza and Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) chief Teofili Guadiz III under a 6-month preventive suspension.

Ombudsman suspends LTFRB, OTC chiefs over LTO project

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Ombudsman suspends LTFRB, OTC chiefs over LTO project

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Published August 18, 2026 12:04 PM PHT

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