LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A senior citizen’s body was torn apart when he was ran over by a Philippine National Railways (PNR) train in Purok Maligaya Curva, Barangay Ibabang Iyam, here Friday, July 22. The victim was identified through his senior citizen identification card as Noel Ligaya de Los...
Senator Sonny Angara said the middle class will experience some relief next year through income tax deduction. “Yes. Next year there would be tax relief. Under the TRAIN law, there would be another income tax reduction,” Angara said during an interview at the sidelines of the 20th...
Smile Train ambassadors and Miss Universe queens reunited to continue spreading smiles in the Philippines Miss Universe queens Pia Wurtzbach, Iris Mittenaere, and Demi-Leigh Tebow recently met Smile Train beneficiaries under the care of its partner, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation of the...
TEHRAN, Iran -- At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday when a train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas after hitting an excavator, state media reported. A handout picture made available by the Iranian Red Crescent on June 8, 2022 shows rescuers at the scene of a...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is unveiling the country's first train simulators before the end of the month, the agency announced Wedneday, June 8. The Philippine Railways Institute (PRI) will use the simulators, which the government procured via a P565 million grant from Japan, to train...
This will be made possible by the first-ever express train! Clark International Airport (Photo from BCDA) It's official! The newly opened Clark International Airport (CRK) is now operational and is accommodating passengers both from the local and international airlines. This new airport offers...
VIENNA, Austria – One person died and a dozen were injured when a train derailed Monday outside of Vienna, according to rescue services. 82645 Rescuers rushed to the accident at Muenchendorf, just south of Vienna, according to Andreas Zenker of the Red Cross of Lower Austria. "One person...
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a "firm global response" Friday after a missile strike killed 52 people at a train station in eastern Ukraine where civilians had gathered to flee a feared Russian offensive. "This is another Russian war crime for which...
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Several people died in a train crash in Hungary Tuesday after a van drove onto the rails at a crossing causing the train to derail, Hungarian police said. ''Several were injured in the accident and several died at the scene,'' the police said in a statement, without providing...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade on Friday, March 18, officially unveiled the country's first-ever eight-car Electric Multiple Train Set for the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos) at the Malanday Depot, Valenzuela City. The 160-meter train...
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno is proposing an excise tax freeze on petroleum products in view of the soaring fuel prices that resulted from the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno, a senatorial aspirant, cited the law allowing the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday reminded that the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has the prerogative to suspend the collection of fuel excise taxes under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law to cushion the impact of the...
