ILOILO CITY – Antique Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao has urged the government to study her proposal for a new road to replace the killer curve in Hamtic, Antique following the December 5 bus accident in which 19 persons were killed and 10 injured. Cadiao said the permanent solution is to build a...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A construction worker died after his body was split in half by the bucket tooth of a backhoe at Nasacosta Resort in Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Natipuan, this town, on Friday morning, December 8. Police said the victim, Ricardo Domanais, a resident of Barangay Natipuan, was...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – Two barangay tanods or watchmen died after their tricycle collided with a trailer truck after overtaking a car on the national highway in Barangay Nanguneg East here on Friday evening, December 8. Police identified the victims as Manuel F. Cabreros, tricycle driver,...
ILOILO CITY – Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) has released financial aid to families of victims in the December 5 Ceres bus accident that killed 18 and injured 11 individuals in Hamtic, Antique. “The company released initial monetary assistance to the victims of the accident that transpired in...
BACOLOD CITY – Popular reggae singer Kokoi Baldo died after he crashed and ran over by a 10-wheel truck loaded with sugarcane on the Circumferential Road in Purok Tultugan, Barangay Mandalagan, this city, before dawn on Friday, December 8. BALDO (FB) Police Major Armilyn Vargas, head of Police...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 has released cash aid to survivors of the Antique bus tragedy on Tuesday, December 5. A STAFF of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 talks to a survivor of the Antique bus tragedy. (DSWD-6 PIO) DSWD-6...
ILOILO CITY – A bus inspector and conductor were hailed as heroes for losing their lives to save passengers of a Ceres bus that plunged off a cliff in Hamtic, Antique on December 5. BUS inspector Jayvon Fandagani (left) and bus conductor Wilmar Marcelino lost their lives saving passengers in the...
BACOLOD CITY – The management of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) is now processing the necessary documents in compliance with the requirements of the 90-day preventive suspension issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Wednesday, December 6, in connection...
ILOILO CITY – Seventeen persons were confirmed dead when a passenger bus plunged off a cliff in Hamtic, Antique on Tuesday afternoon, December 5. The victims were identified as bus driver Ricky Serios, bus conductor Wilmar Marcelino, bus inspector Jose Glenn Fandagani, Joemarie Alcala, Francis...
GUMACA, Quezon – A 65-year-old hearing-impaired man was dragged and killed by a Philippine National Railways (PNR) train while walking on the railroad tracks in Barangay Inaclagan here on Tuesday morning, December 5. Police identified the victim as Danilo Caperiña, single, and a resident...
BACOLOD CITY – The management of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) has decided to voluntarily suspend all operations of 12 remaining units pending the investigation on a Ceres Liner Bus involved in an accident in Hamtic, Antique that killed more than 10 people on Tuesday, December 5. These remaining...
S eventeen people died and 11 were injured when a passenger bus careered off a road on a "killer curve" and plunged down a mountain in Hamtic, Antique on Tuesday, officials said Wednesday. Provincial disaster agency head Roderick Train told AFP that seven people were in critical condition in the...
