The Land
Transportation Office (LTO) and SM recently signed a memorandum of agreement to
bring Drivers’ license renewal closer, easier and more convenient to the public
at SM City North EDSA.
This partnership gives mallgoers the opportunity to have
their licensed processed while shopping, having fun, and doing their other
errands in their favorite SM Malls.
The partnership allows
LTO to set up and operate Driver’s License Renewal Centers (DLRC) at selected
malls such as:
- SM City North EDSA
- SM City Pampanga
- SM City Manila
- SM City Cebu
- SM Southmall
- SM Mall of Asia
- SM City San Jose Del Monte
- SM City Davao
- SM Seaside City Cebu and
- SM City Cabanatuan
DLRCs are open from Mondays to Saturdays from
10am to 9pm (excluding legal holidays, special non-working days and work
suspensions declared by the government).
LTO Chief Asec. Edgar
Galvante (3rd from left) graced the MOA signing together with LTO Executive Director Atty.
Romeo Vera Cruz, LTO-NCR Regional Director Atty. Clarence Guinto, SM Supermalls
President Annie Garcia (4th from left), SM Mart, Inc. Executive Vice President Ricky Lim (2nd from left) and
Vice President for Business Center Operations Dennis Yaw.
DLRC SM City North EDSA is located at the Government Service Express at The Annex.
The Government Service
Center at SM City North EDSA is a one-stop venue for various government service
counters such as Philippine Postal Corporation, PhilHealth, SSS, GSIS, and
Pag-IBIG.
Aside from the Government Express Business, SM also has SM Business
Centers and SM Bills Payment Counters that accepts payments for license renewal,
and will serve as an alternate receiving and payment counters to augment the
LTO central office; accepting cash payments from LTO clients with Order of
Payment forms from 10:00am to 7:00pm every day.
>SM Business Centers offer PSA (formerly NSO) applications for
birth, marriage, and death certificates; PRC
renewals of professional licenses; DTI
consumer welfare services and renewal of business name; and Ombudsman Clearance applications.
>Meanwhile, SM Bills
Payment counters located in The SM Store, SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket and
Savemore, accept payments for contributions and/or loans for the Social Security System, Pag-IBIG, PhilHealth
and National Home Mortgage Finance
Corporation and Armed Forces &
Police Mutual Benefit Association, Inc. (AFPMBAI); and payment of fines for
tickets issued by the Metropolitan
Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
The LTO Driver’s License
Renewal Center (DLRC) is one of the many services SM extends beyond shopping to
its customers.
