SAN FRANCISCO, Quezon – A woman died and 26 were injured after a passenger jeepney plunged into a canal in Sitio Sentro, Barangay Butanguiad, this town, on Tuesday afternoon, January 2. Police identified the fatality as Juanita Sarmiento. ONE person was killed and 26 others were injured...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – Twenty-one individuals were injured after their passenger jeepney overturned in Barangay San Vicente here on Friday, December 15. A PASSENGER jeepney overturned in Cagayan and injured 15 persons. (Photo via Liezle Inigo) Police identified the victims as Victor Agcaoili,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A 72-year-old passenger died after experiencing sudden dizziness and losing consciousness onboard a Batangas-bound vessel at the city port here at midnight on November 12. The Philippine Coast Guard-District Southern Tagalog said the passenger, Marcelo...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will give special permits to buses older than 10 years in a bid to increase the number of public utility buses (PUBs) during special holidays. Based on LTFRB Memorandum Circular 2015-008 and Board Resolution No. 052, Series of 2018,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two women died on the spot and three others were injured in a vehicular accident on Tuesday, July 18, in Barangay Bayho, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar. The fatalities were identified as Amelia Arnio, a kagawad or councilor of Barangay Getigo, Lope de Vega, and Rosa Galvan, a...
The Automotive Body Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (ABMAP) has expressed its full support for the government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) citing it is a good platform to showcase to the world the local industry’s capabilities in producing the modern and...
TACLOBAN CITY – Construction of Phase 1 of the New Passenger Terminal Building of the Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport here which seeks to become an international airport by 2025 is 50 percent complete. The City Information Office said construction of Phase 1 of the Tacloban Airport...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will be inaugurating three major terminals across the country in March this year, including the one in Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro which will be the Philippines' biggest Passenger Terminal Building (PTB). Aside from the PTB in Calapan City, PPA General...
Have you experienced spending more time in long queues just to buy a ferry or passenger ship ticket than the actual travel time for an island-province trip? Or, "The Amazing Race"-like experience to beat the departure time of another ferry or ship if your destination requires at least two vessels?...
Additional 42 units of buses have been deployed along EDSA amid complaints of shortage of passenger vehicles especially during rush hours. The deployment of more buses, based on resolution of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), however, is on trial basis and was...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Friday, Jan. 6, that there was a notable increase in the number of passenger departure following the airwave technical glitch experienced at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)-operated...
The opening of the new Passenger Terminal Building will help solve the usual scenario of long queues of passengers at the of the Port of Calapan, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago said the new PTB building is expected to open in March this year and could...
