A total of 59,149 tricycle drivers in Metro Manila have received ₱5,000 each under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program as of Wednesday noon, March 18, the second day of payouts. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian...
BACOLOD CITY – Bago City in Negros Occidental on Monday started the distribution of rice subsidy to nearly 3,000 members of various tricycle operators and drivers associations (TODAs) to help cushion the impact of rising fuel prices on the local public transport sector. An initial 1,245 tricycle...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will begin distributing P5,000 cash assistance to around 139,000 tricycle drivers in Metro Manila starting Tuesday, March 17, at 6 a.m., as part of the government’s cash relief assistance (CRA) to ease the impact of rising fuel prices on...
LAOAG CITY – To assist tricycle drivers impacted by rising fuel prices, the Ilocos Norte provincial government continues to support the transport group by distributing P2,500 in cash aid along with family food packs containing various groceries. On Friday, 929 eligible beneficiaries received cash...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay on Friday, March 13, lauded the national government for the P5,000 fuel subsidy it has allocated for tricycle drivers, providing them with much-needed reprieve from the steep surge in fuel prices caused by the ongoing Middle East conflict. “We thank President...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur — A 49-year-old tricycle driver was allegedly stabbed to death by a fellow tricycle driver during a heated altercation here on Sunday morning, March 8. Police identified the victim as Joe of Barangay IV, Vigan City. Investigation said the suspect, Rene, 53, stabbed the...
BACOLOD CITY – A one-year-old girl was killed and her mother and a driver were injured after their tricycle swerved and turned on its side in Hacienda Balandra 2, Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City...
CAVITE – The local government unit (LGU)of Kawit is offering free franchise and registration to its tricycle operators and fishermen for 2026. Under Municipal Ordinance 9-26, series of 2026, tricycle drivers and operators can avail of the free franchise renewal until Feb. 26. In a Facebook post,...
Banning electric bikes and tricycles on national highways are not intended to cause hardship to the people, but to ensure safety for motorists, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the impounding of electric vehicles caught plying on national...
TABACO CITY, Albay – A tricycle driver and his passenger were killed and three others were injured after a cargo truck reportedly lost its brakes and collided with parked tricycles in Barangay Quinastillo here on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5...
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...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Office has warned a group of teenage boys, including one who was only wearing underwear, while dancing atop a moving tricycle in this city early Thursday morning, July 31. Three of the five teenage boys were served with a show cause order by LTO-6 on Friday,...
