House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) A commuter safety and protection advocate failed to hide his frustrations during a recent House Committee on Transportation hearing when he practically described as “useless” the Motorcycle Taxi-Technical Working Group...
Antipolo City 2nd Rep. Romeo Acop (PPAB) House Committee on Transportation Chairman Rep. Romeo Acop has castigated Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III for its protracted pilot study on motorcycle taxis, which has...
Starting next week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will strictly implement its policy that prohibits motorcycle riders from seeking shelter under foot bridges and flyovers during heavy downpour. MMDA chairperson Don Artes said they started the implementation of the policy on...
Motorcycle riders who will take cover under the footbridge, flyover or Metro Rail Transit (MRT) stations during rain risk themselves of being penalized P1,000 as it is prohibited by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) beginning Tuesday, August 1. *MMDA Acting Chairman Don Artes...
BACOLOD CITY – A man died and his wife was injured after their motorcycle was rammed by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in front of a church on the Mansilingan-Murcia Road in Barangay Mansilingan here on Saturday night, July 29. Police identified the fatality as Aljun Gual and the injured as his...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly couple died after the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) in Bangga Himaya, Barangay Tabao Proper, Valladolid, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 27. Police identified the victim as Alfredo Barte, 73, and his wife Felicidad, 62,...
MOVE IT spearheads a series of forums and dialogues with hundreds of *habal-habal* riders and leaders to identify the challenges hindering the transformation of *habal-habal* riders into professionalized motorcycle taxi servicemen. MOVE IT, a homegrown motorcycle taxi service provider, is taking...
SAN ANDRES, Quezon – A couple was killed and their son and grandson were injured when a municipal government ambulance rammed their motorcycle in Sitio Yuyuan, Barangay Camflora, here, on Saturday morning, July 22. Police identified the fatalities as Felix Duaso, 49; and his wife, Thelma, 48....
BACOLOD CITY – A man died when the motorcycle he was driving rammed a car in Barangay Mansilingan here on Sunday, July 16. Police identified the fatality as Ruel Basa Jr., 27, of Valladolid, Negros Occidental. Police Capt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police Station 7, said that Basa’s motorcycle...
BACOLOD CITY – A man died and four others were injured after their motorcycles collided in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 12. Police Capt. Gina Fernandez, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, identified the fatality as Rogelio Danao of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY -- A woman died while her younger brother was injured after their motorcycle collided with a sedan in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, July 7. Jennelyn Torno, 32, of Barangay Minoyan died in the accident while her younger brother, Josie Torno Jr., 29, and...
MAUBAN, Quezon – A 24-year-old laborer died while his brother was injured when their motorcycle collided with a van in Barangay San Isidro in this town on Friday afternoon, July 7. The Mauban police report identified the fatality as Cedrick Encarnado Villaverde and the injured was Ryan...
