BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old six-month pregnant nurse died after she was hit and ran over by two cars in Purok Proper North, Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, June 1. Police Lt. Col. Ariel Pico, office-in-charge of Bago City Police Station, identified the victim as...
BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old woman was killed and six individuals were injured in a collision between a hauler truck loaded with sugarcane and tricycle in Purok Tuburan, Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, May 31. Police Capt. Sammy Gasataya, deputy chief of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old housewife was fatally run over by a dump truck in Zone 1, Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, while on her way to attend a friend’s funeral in a public cemetery on Thursday, May 29. Police identified the fatality as Maria of Barangay Hilamonan,...
CEBU CITY – A 31-year-old man died after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a pickup truck on a flyover here before dawn on Saturday, May 31. Police identified the victim as Daryl Curiba, 31. Curiba was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead from severe head and body injuries....
Transport operators linked to three recent road accidents, including one that resulted in a fatality, were ordered on Friday, May 30, by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to explain why their franchises should not be suspended or revoked over alleged lapses in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – “I just wanted to avoid a confrontation.” Thus said 60-year-old Oscar Palacio, an engineer who survived a gun attack in what was initially probed as a road rage incident at the intersection of Gov. Camins Ave. and Nuñez Extension here at dawn on Thursday, May 29. A black...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government said is eyeing the implementation of a speed limit on specific roads to deter accidents. “I will call a meeting this week. Tinitingnan naming paano i-limit ang speed sa bawat kalsada, especially in areas na malimit nagkakaroon ng aksidente (We are looking at...
Road clearing operations have been intensified by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) across Metro Manila to recover public spaces long obstructed by illegal parking, sidewalk vendors, and other road encroachments. Gabriel Go, head of the MMDA’s Special Operations Group-Strike...
Gatchalian said the government should consider encouraging some businesses to consider the benefits of the “Work From Home” law or the Telecommuting Act (Republic Act No. 11165) when the rehabilitation of the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) starts in June. The senator said that while he...
CONNER, Apayao – Two hog buyers were killed and their three companions were injured when their jeepney loaded with 18 heads of pigs plunged into a 10-meter-deep ravine in Barangay Lenneng here on Monday morning, May 26. Police Staff Sgt. Makin, Conner police station investigator, identified the...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A driver and his 16 passengers were injured in a jeepney crash in Barangay Nagyubuyuban here on Saturday night, May 24. Police identified the injured as Chiquito Alisen, 45, driver, and passengers Edgar Vecino, Daisy Espinueva, Fred Pena, Emily Dingwas, Lourdes...
BACOLOD CITY – A 37-year-old Indian involved in the tragic accident in Barangay Alangilan here on Good Friday last month has posted a second bail of P500,000, following the issuance of an arrest warrant on May 16. According to Police Major Joeil Reclamado, head of Police Station 5, Jarpreet...
