The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will reblock a section of Maharlika Highway in Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya on Nov. 20 after the project was granted an exemption from the nationwide suspension on reblocking works. DPWH Regional Office II said the activity will cover the left lane...
PAGSANJAN, Laguna – A police officer was killed and his colleagues and an inmate were injured after the police patrol car transporting them crashed into the iconic welcome stone arch in Barangay Sampaloc, this town, on Monday, Nov. 16. The victim was identified as Police Staff Sgt. Aldwin...
BUTUAN CITY – Four people died Monday after a 10-wheel truck rammed two motorcycles in Surigao City, police said. The crash occurred at 5:19 a.m. in Barangay Quezon, killing both drivers and their back riders. In a report, Surigao City police identified the truck driver as Randy Flores Gonzaga,...
A white Honda Civic EG hatchback was split in half after its driver lost control and crashed into a lamp post and a huge gate in Taytay, Rizal, causing injuries to the driver and three bystanders early Sunday morning, Nov. 16. The incident happened at around 2:30 a.m. along Manila East Road,...
Five major national roads and bridges in Northern Luzon are still impassable due to the extensive damage caused by Super Typhoon “Uwan,” the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported on Friday, Nov. 14. Scoured approaches, high water levels, collapsed roadways, and landslide...
The Manila Police District (MPD) on Tuesday, Nov. 11, issued a traffic management plan in preparation for the three-day anti-corruption demonstrations spearheaded by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), to be held from Nov. 16 to 18 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. MPD spokesperson Maj. Philipp Ines...
At least 31 national roads remain closed and eight others partially passable across several regions due to flooding and landslides caused by tropical cyclone 'Uwan, ' the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Monday, Nov. 10. In the Cordillera Administrative Region, three...
Three people were injured after a white Geely SUV crashed into several parked motorcycles along Marilaque Highway in Baras, Rizal, last Nov. 2, the Baras Municipal Police said. Based on the police report, the SUV, driven by a 39-year-old man from Manila, suddenly rammed into the motorcycles that...
A 21-year-old student died after his motorcycle crashed into the center island beneath the LRT-1 along Taft Avenue corner P. Ocampo Street in Malate, Manila, on Wednesday night, Oct. 30. According to the Manila District Traffic Enforcement unit of the Manila Police District (MPD), the victim was...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – The fifth and last victim of the truck that plunged into the Chico River in Barangay Tocucan here has been found. The body of Edmund Magaway Romeo, 22, of San Nicolas, Pangasinan, was recovered at 4:38 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The four other victims – Carlo...
Rescuers have found the fourth fatality of a truck that plunged into the Chico River in Bontoc, Mountain Province on Monday. The victim was identified as Carlo Ancheta of Tayug, Pangasinan. Ancheta’s body was found on the river two meters away from their submerged truck before noon Tuesday in...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Three construction workers were killed and two others are missing after their truck plunged into the Chico River in Barangay Tocucan here on Monday morning, Oct. 27. The Bontoc Operations Center said the truck transporting five workers was headed to a project site in...
