(Unsplash) Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña has filed a bill that would outlaw impaired driving, even if the driver is merely "tipsy". Cendaña is seeking the enactment of House Bill (HB) No.11220 or the “Anti-Impaired Driving Act of...
DRIVING THOUGHTS The Christmas parol is out, perhaps by the tens of thousands around Metro Manila, bringing the warmth of the season in multi-colored lights. Hanging along the main thoroughfares and side streets, windows of houses and shops, churches, gardens, and government offices, the...
DRIVING THOUGHTS During the holidays, try camping. Drive out of the city and stay overnight, not in a resort, but at a campsite with basic amenities that will likely be inconvenient and uncomfortable to most people. The rewards are many, some intangible, but will give you a different kind of...
DRIVING THOUGHTS I will tell you a story of how things can go very wrong when you trust your vehicle for a paint job and some body dent repair with an auto shop you found only in Facebook. Read on to learn lessons – and get entertained too. After six months of waiting for his Nissan Patrol...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Local government units (LGUs) can learn much from a pilot project on a public transportation system that serves short, but popular, routes that’s been ongoing in Pasay City and Santa Rosa City, Laguna. This is the Toyota Community Shuttle (TCS) project which uses...
DRIVING THOUGHTS According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1.3 billion people –about 16 percent of the global population – currently experience significant disability. “This number is increasing due in part to population ageing and an increase in the prevalence of...
State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) announced the launch of the country’s first-ever self-driving bus in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac. The bus service, which utilizes a transportation cloud system called Smart Mobility Operation Cloud (SMOC), will be accessible to the...
Senator Raffy Tulfo was surprised to find out that some breathalyzers that cost P68,000 each were returned to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) after being discovered defective. Sen. Raffy Tulfo expresses his concern over the increasing incidence of drunk driving in the country. In a public...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Seven persons were injured in a collision between two vehicles in Barangay Poblacion, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur on Tuesday, June 18. Police identified the injured as Rosario Ped, 50, driver of a Starex van, and his passenger, Rudy Florendo, 54; and Renz...
CEBU CITY – Over 4,000 individuals benefited from the free Theoretical Driving Course (TDC) seminars that the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) offered in the first quarter of this year. The LTO-7 reported that 4,766 individuals in Region 7 have received TDC certificates of...
photo: LTO Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II has...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has filed a measure that seeks stricter penalties for drivers who get caught under the influence of alcohol. In filing Senate Bill (SB) No. 2546, Tulfo noted that despite the passage of the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013, drunk driving has been increasingly rampant...
