The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to hire a Davao City jeepney driver 's son after he passed the Civil Engineering Licensure Examination, following a viral story of his father offering free rides to celebrate the milestone. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon personally met...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixteen individuals in Negros and Panay have been permanently disqualified from possessing a driver’s license since January this year due to severe traffic infractions, the Land Transportation Office-Western Visayas (LTO-6) reported on Monday. Among these are a male motorist in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region arrested a truck driver in Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Sept. 19, for allegedly sexually molesting his niece. Police served an arrest warrant for rape through sexual assault against the 21-year-old...
A recently sacked official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) suffered yet another misfortune as the Land Transportation Office (LTO) suspended his driver’s license on Friday, Sept. 19, due to alleged abusive behavior towards a security guard of a gated subdivision. The LTO’s...
TIAONG, Quezon – A 28-year-old driver was pinned to death by an airbag that deployed under a truck in Barangay Lalig here before dawn on Friday. Police identified the victim as Ron. Investigation said Ron’s truck experienced mechanical issue with the airbag and parked on the road shoulder to...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced Friday, Aug. 29, a preventive 90-day suspension on the license of a bus driver involved in a road accident along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City that left 10 people injured. According to an LTO order, Ronaldo Bactong, the driver of the erring...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod Cosmopolitan Christian Church (BCCC) has condemned the recent murder of 59-year-old Efren Banaglorioso who worked as their driver for over 30 years. In a statement, BCCC senior pastor Rev. Michael Sequitin said they were saddened by Banaglorioso’s death and grieves...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities are investigating if the fatal broad daylight shooting of a 59-year-old church driver in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Aug. 24, was a case of mistaken identity. Police Lt. Meller Dionio, spokesperson of the Bacolod City Police Office, said that a background check on...
CAVITE – Tricycle drivers in Rosario, considered by residents as modern-day heroes of commuters, were treated to two liters of gasoline each in celebration of National Heroes Day on Monday, Aug. 25. Rosario Public Information Officer Sid Samaniego told the Manila Bulletin that the initiative...
BAGUIO CITY – A 62-year-old taxi driver was found dead inside his vehicle at the parking lane near City Hall on Thursday morning, July 31. The driver was a resident of Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet. Police said the driver was unresponsive when a security officer conducting a routine check of the...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) has revoked the licenses of three public utility vehicle drivers for illegal drug use. LTO-7 Regional Director Glen Galario said they tested positive during random testing at the North and South bus terminals in Cebu last Holy...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has imposed a 90-day suspension on the license of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) driver who allegedly rammed a motorcycle rider while claiming to be an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Acting Assistant Secretary and LTO chief Greg G. Pua...
