ATIMONAN, Quezon – A truck driver was killed and four individuals – a driver and three helpers – were injured in a collision among three cargo trucks on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Balubad, this town, on Friday afternoon, May 16. Police Major Marnie Abellanida, Atimonan police chief,...
The family of a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officer who was killed in a multi-vehicle accident on the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) two weeks ago disclosed that the bus driver responsible for the incident has been released from detention after posting bail. Teodoro Merjan, driver of a...
BACOLOD CITY – Two teenage boys were killed after a 10-wheel truck loaded with sugarcane crashed into a computer shop in Purok 9, Barangay Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 15. Police Major Sherwin Fernandez, Murcia police chief, said the victims were aged 14 and 15. TWO...
TACLOBAN CITY – A man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Balud, Santa Margarita, Samar on Friday, May 16. Police identified the victim as “Jack” of Catorse de Agosto, Gandara, Samar. Investigation said Jack was on his way to Gandara when his motorcycle suddenly swerved and...
Six individuals were hurt in a four-vehicle collision on the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) Quezon Avenue tunnel in Quezon City on Wednesday morning, May 14. The incident occurred around 5:40 a.m. near Barangay South Triangle, involving a motorcycle, a bus, and two UV express vehicles....
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has suspended the license of a truck driver involved in a viral road accident in Quezon province as part of its intensified efforts to strengthen road safety nationwide. LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said the driver was also ordered to...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A passenger bus skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country on Sunday, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others, a police spokesman said. The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday near the town of Kotmale, about 140 kilometers (86 miles) east...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, May 11 welcomed the deployment of road safety measures and health emergency teams on major highways a day before the conduct of the 2025 midterm elections, saying it is crucial during this high-risk period. This, as the Department of Health (DOH), deployed...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl was electrocuted to death by a cellphone charger in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 7. POLICE talk to the family of a six-year-old girl who was fatally electrocuted in their house in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros...
ILOILO CITY—Nine people were injured when a passenger jeep flipped over in Leon town, Iloilo province on Thursday, May 8. “They were on their way back home to Barangay Ingay from the town proper when the accident occurred,” said Police Lt. Mark Cortez, deputy chief of the Leon Municipal...
A 48-year-old laborer was buried alive while digging a pit in Barangay Fuerte, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur on Tuesday morning. Police identified the victim as Reynante Regaspi of Barangay Paratong, Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur. Police said the victim had dug a seven-foot deep pit when the soil loosened and...
SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela – Five individuals were injured when a light-emitting diode wall collapsed during a concert at the Santiago Sports Complex in Barangay Baluarte here on Monday night, May 5. Police identified the victims as Santiago City residents Princess, 19; Maria Teresa; Raysa Mae, 11,...
