A total of 263 road crash injuries were recorded nationwide from Dec. 21 to 5 a.m. of Dec. 26, the Department of Health (DOH) disclosed. According to agency, the data were gathered from 10 sentinel hospitals nationwide tasked with monitoring road crash–related injuries. Based on the DOH’s...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said the city 's safety bollards are effective in preventing vehicles from crashing into pedestrians and other establishments. Sotto made the statement following a social media post on an SUV that allegedly lost control and hit the bollard, preventing it from...
President Marcos wants full assistance extended to the families of six Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel who died in a helicopter crash in Agusan del Sur on Tuesday, Nov. 4, Malacañang said. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after the PAF announced...
(UPDATED) They took off in the middle of a storm, not for combat but for compassion. Their mission was to assess the damage left by Typhoon “Tino” and determine what help was needed most. It was supposed to be a routine Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (RDANA) flight but it ended in...
A helicopter believed to be one of the Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) few remaining UH-1H Super Huey utility helicopters crashed on in Loreto, Agusan del Sur on Tuesday, Nov. 4, while conducting relief operations in areas affected by Typhoon “Tino.” PAF spokesperson Col. Ma Christina Basco said...
A male pilot and his female passenger were killed in a plane crash on Saturday in Concepcion, Tarlac. They were taken to a hospital in Concepcion where they were declared dead. Police said the victims were in their late teens and residents of Pampanga. The ultralight aircraft crashed in a rice...
A dump truck loaded with sand rammed into concrete barriers after its driver allegedly fell asleep while driving along Marcos Highway near the Santolan station of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) in Pasig City on Wednesday morning, Oct. 15. Based on initial reports, the driver said he and his...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A small aircraft landed safely in a cornfield in Reina Mercedes town, Isabela province on Sunday, Aug. 31, after encountering mechanical trouble en route to Maconacon municipality, Isabela. All six passengers were safe – Dante, Floremia, Rogelio, Perfecta, Olegario, and...
Five persons were seriously hurt following a road crash between five different vehicles in Rizal Avenue in Blumentritt, Tondo, Manila on Wednesday night, Aug. 20. According to the authorities, a speeding white SUV driven by an alleged foreigner first hit the road 's center island, causing the...
A Filipino tourist died in a vehicular accident in Tsuen Wan West in Hong Kong, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed. "The Consulate General of the Philippines in Hong Kong confirms that a 35-year-old Filipino tourist has died due to injuries sustained in a vehicular accident in Tsuen...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh air force training aircraft crashed into a school in the nation 's capital Monday afternoon, killing the pilot and 26 other people, most of whom were students, officials said. The crash caused a fire that left the two-story building in Dhaka smoldering....
IBA, Zambales – A flight instructor and three student pilots were injured in a plane crash here on Friday morning, July 11. Zambales Police Provincial Office Director Police Col. Benjamin Ariola identified the victims as Capt. Jacques Robert V. Papio, flight instructor, and student pilots Angelo...
