PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan -- Eight commuters were injured following a traffic accident in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan, a local source confirmed on Sunday. "The incident occurred when two sedans collided head-on along a highway in Dushi district late on Saturday. The affected people...
Photo from PBA NLEX import KJ McDaniels will likely come out with a chip on his shoulder once action in the PBA Governors’ Cup resumes. McDaniels struggled in his last game before the league went on an indefinite break due to the COVID-19 surge, posting just 12 points, 10 rebounds, two assists...
Starting 6 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, the entire southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard will be closed to traffic to give way for a total repair of a damaged culvert in front of Libertad Pumping Station in Pasay City. The closure covers the entire stretch of the southbound lane from HK Sun Plaza to the...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Jan. 11, agreed with the a riders’ group in pushing for the Motorcycle Taxi Law and the Philippine Road Safety Institute bill if she wins in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) Robredo held a consultative dialogue...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Three words that recently broke the internet. So much so, that even Google, the self proclaimed arbiters of truth and default online moral compass of the World Wide Web, couldn’t censor it fast enough. It all started after Dr. Robert Malone, one of the inventors of...
SANTIAGO, Chile -- A road accident in the town of Peumo, in the O'Higgins region in central Chile, killed nine and seriously injured two, the Chilean government reported on Wednesday. According to Ricardo Guzman, an official from the O'Higgins region, a large truck and a van carrying workers...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin 2021 started out quite hopeful for me. Despite nine months of hard lockdown and massive financial losses, restrictions had eased a little, businesses and tourist spots were slowly opening their doors to a weary and beaten public looking to welcome in a new year, and...
A passenger jeep traveling along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City fell on its side after one of its tires suddenly burst early Monday morning, Dec. 27. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Traffic Enforcement Unit (DTEU) Sector 5 said that the rear left tire of the Isuzu jitney, driven by Marlo...
Photo from PBA The TNT Tropang Giga and NLEX Road Warriors have donated a total of P400,000 to help those who were affected by Typhoon Odette in Visayas and Mindanao. TNT recently pledged to give P250,000 of game bonuses received from its win over Alaska last Dec. 17 to the PLDT-Smart Foundation...
Photo from PBA Phoenix Super LPG bucked the early loss of import Paul Harris to an injury and ended the perfect start of NLEX in the PBA Governors’ Cup with a 102-93 victory in their Christmas Day match at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Justin Chua regained the form he had in the 2020 Philippine Cup...
LUANDA, Angola -- Nine people died and ten were seriously injured Wednesday in a road accident in northern Angola. The accident occurred on a road in the municipality of Songo, according to local civil protection and fire services. The accident involved a Toyota Canter vehicle that was overspeeding...
Photo from PBA Asi Taulava continued his climb in the record books after officially playing his 22nd PBA season during NLEX’s victory over Terrafirma Saturday, Dec. 18. Coach Yeng Guiao inserted Taulava for the final two minutes of the Road Warriors’ 116-86 win over the Dyip at the Smart...