More than 200 passengers were stranded at the Matnog port in Sorsogon after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) suspended sea trips in affected areas in Visayas and Mindanao due to typhoon “Jolina” on Monday, Sept. 6. (PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) reported that at...
Homegrown insurance technology (insurtech) startup Kwik.insure has rolled out a zero-interest installment payment scheme for availing its insurance policies for vehicles. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Kwik.insure said customers can pay their premiums over three or six months using...
Enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)-level measures for public transportation will still be imposed in Metro Manila, Laguna, and Bataan even as the quarantine status in these areas will be downgraded to a modified ECQ (MECQ) until the end of the month, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said....
The government and private sector are teaming up to explore the proposed vaccination of public utility bus drivers against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to help ensure safe mobility. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA amid heightened movement restrictions in Metro Manila in this...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has labeled as "misleading" the news reports saying that only a measly 1 percent of its P5.56-billion fund for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic ended up being...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said drivers and operators of public utility vehicles (PUVs) will no longer have to pay terminal fees in some malls during the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement,...
Sales of imported vehicles in the country jumped 55 percent in the first half of the year to 30,153 units from 19,509 in the same period last year when the lockdown was at its worse. The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors, Inc. (AVID) reported that it is not just the year to...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) traffic czar on EDSA, Edison Bong Nebrija, has a theory as to where the clamor to bring back the number coding scheme is coming from. MMDA traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija (Photo from Nebrija's Facebook) According to the traffic disciplinarian,...
Three persons were hurt after a 16-wheeler truck crashed into five other vehicles along A. Bonifacio Drive in Manila on Monday morning. Two motorcycles, two taxis, and one private vehicle were involved in the incident, according to a report from GMA News. Those who were hurt sustained minor...
The 18-km elevated Skyway Stage 3 will be a no-truck zone dedicated to Class 1 vehicles with Autosweep RFID stickers starting Monday, July 12, 2021, This should address safety concerns on the elevated expressway, at the same time, limit the risk of a spread of variants of the COVID-19 virus, San...
Filipino inventor Ismael Aviso unveiled a tantalizing "free energy" breakthrough over 10 years ago--the kind that would make oil company owners shake in their shoes should it be developed further. It went nowhere. Ismael Aviso (Screengrab from Aviso's YouTube video) Aviso's free energy technology...
There is no surge in importation of both passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) into the country and the increase in the volume of importation cannot be considered “recent, sudden, sharp, and significant,” according to the Tariff Commission Staff Report. The report is a...
