Power outage and the ensuing power surge when the electricity was restored were traced as the reasons behind the technical glitch on the air traffic management system at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday, Jan. 1, which affected around 65,000 passengers from almost 300 domestic...
Around 56,000 international and domestic airline passengers coming and heading to Manila were affected due to the technical glitch at the air traffic management system of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) since Sunday morning, Jan. 1. The passengers were on board 282 flights...
DASOL, Pangasinan -- A woman died while her husband was injured when their motorcycle crashed after avoiding a stray cat on the national highway in Barangay Amalbalan here on New Year's Eve. Police identified the victims as Diosdado Cerna, 54, and his wife, Estrella, 53. The couple was on their way...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office advised motorists to drive carefully this long New Year’s weekend. Police urged motorists to check not only their vehicles but also rest their body and mind before driving to prevent vehicular accidents. The Pangasinan PPO issued...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A woman and her companion died when their motorcycle collided head-on with a passenger bus on New Year’s Eve in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. Col. Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the fatalities as Nepthalie Rhian Blanco, 25, driver of the...
A man and his wife were injured in a collision between a provincial passenger bus and a trailer truck in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija on New Year’s Eve. A MAN and his wife were injured in a collision between a provincial passenger bus and a truck in Nueva Ecija on New Year’s Eve. (DPWH photo) The...
ILOILO CITY — A village watchman or barangay tanod was killed in a road crash in Santa Barbara, Iloilo. The victim was identified as 38-year-old Jessie Surriga of Barangay Inangayan, Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara Municipal Police Station said Surriga was killed late Wednesday night when his...
The Makati City local government announced on Wednesday, Dec. 28, that it is temporarily suspending the confiscation of driver's licenses in preparation for the proposed single ticketing system. According to Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Makati has approved City...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – Two persons died while three others were injured when their motorcycles collided on the San Narciso-Buenavista Road in Barangay Guinhalinan here on Christmas Eve. Police identified the victims as Mergelito Lingahan, 39, a fisherman and a resident of Sitio Bacolod, Barangay...
CRAFTY CAROLS Part of the caroling culture in the Philippines are do-it-yourself tambourines made of tansan Joseph was jolted awake by the street carolers singing, at the top of their lungs, “ Pasko na Naman” as they struck their makeshift tin can drums and shook their bottle cap...
RESCUERS try to revive two motorcycle riders who figured in an accident with a multicab in Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 22. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – An elderly man and his brother-in-law died after their...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is now pushing for the establishment of a national traffic enforcement and management center that would oversee the implementation of an efficient road safety policy and traffic administration. Gatchalian said it is imperative for the government to put in place a...
