Have you ever wondered what the single digit car plates stand for? Most of the time cars with plates like these have several motorcycle escorts and back-up vehicles with matching goons. I’m very familiar with this because my grandfather used to have them. When he was a Senator, he had 7. When he was the Senate President, he had 3. Lastly, when he was the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, he had 6. To those who don’t know what numbers 1 – 13 stand for, you’ll find out after taking the jump.
Photo from Jester-in-Exile
1 – President
2 – Vice President
3 – Senate President
4 – Speaker of the House
5 – Chief Justice
6 – Cabinet Secretary
7 – Senator
8 – Congressman
9 – Associate Justice (Supreme Court)
10 – Solicitor General
11 – Chairman of COMELEC
12 – Cabinet Undersecretary
14 – AFP and PNP Chiefs
16 – RTC Judges
There you go 
I only knew 8 before I read the list, which was for congressmen.. sila kasi ung madalas kong makita na vehicles.
how bout 13 and 15
Thanks for the informative update…
Nakakalungkot lang that government number car plates… more than representing authority, ay mas nakikilala sa pagiging abusado at mayabang sa paglabag ng batas trapiko.
Nagiging panakot sa mga enforcer at harapang bastusan sa batas na kanilang pinaglilingkuran.
Dapat kung hindi kayang pangalagaan ng mga opisyales ang pag respeto sa kanilang plaka, ay hwag na nilang gamitin.
Nakakasira lang sila sa gobyerno, kahit sino pa ang manungkulan, sa kanila pa lang, nacorrupt na ang imahe ng ating batas at lipunan.Kaya dapat di na mag govt plate if hindi sila maging responsableng mamayan, natutularan pa kamalian nila atkapintasn sa Gobyerno.
The use of Government plate is a privilage… it can be easily taken away from them if they are not lawful in using this plate. They only misrepresent the authority of the Governewmnt and an insult to the law abiding citizen.
my father used no.12 for undersecretary and no.6 for secretary/national defense,public works secretary with escort….
@Gerie2C
Your comment is too broad. Can you be more specific?
Abuse of government privileges (such as these autos), is if these privileges are used for non-official (and non-security) reasons/purposes – generally speaking.
But if it’s for official (and security) reasons/purposes, it is their privilege to, for example, cut the flow of traffic in favor of these government officials.
I always hear this argument: “ayan nanaman sila, government officials sila pa nauuna lumabag sa batas trapiko, abusado sila, porket ba government official sila pwede na nila bastusin ang batas? Kaya hindi umaasenso Pilipinas dahil sa mga pinuno pa lang, lumalabag na sa mga batas, na sila mismo ang gumawa!”
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I often see 1,7,8
Tnx 4 da info!!