CUENCA, Batangas – A jeepney driver was killed and 10 passengers were injured in a collision with a truck in Barangay Ibabao here on Wednesday, Aug. 13. Police identified the fatality as Reynaldo, who sustained severe injuries and taken to a hospital here where he was declared dead. Injured were...
Heavy traffic greeted motorists in Manila after a truck loaded with sand crashed into a hidden garden along Padre Burgos Street in front of Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila on Friday, Aug. 8. According to the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB), the truck that came from Session Bridge hit the...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Ponce Rogelio I. Peñones Jr. said two policemen were relieved from their posts after a viral confrontation with a truck driver on MacArthur Highway in Angeles City last week. “We do not condone any form of unprofessional...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three people were killed after a dump truck plunged into a canal in Barangay Calaguise, Leyte, Leyte, on Thursday, July 10. Police identified one of the fatalities as Oliver, 38. Investigation said driver Ricky, 44, lost control of the dump truck after its brakes failed and veered...
LEGAZPI CITY – The provincial government of Albay has begun enforcing a ban on 12-wheel trucks and larger vehicles from plying certain roads in the province. Under Executive Order (EO) 5, issued Thursday night, Gov. Noel Rosal said the ban aims to prevent further damage to provincial, city,...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixteen out of 17 government workers injured in an accident in Silay City, Negros Occidental last month have opted not to file charges against the driver of a city government-owned mini-dump truck involved in the incident. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Western Visayas has issued a show-cause order to a 30-year-old dump truck driver involved in a tragic accident that left seven people dead in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on June 27. The order signed by LTO-E.B. Magalona...
BOKOD, Benguet – Two people died after a pickup truck with five people onboard plunged into a 300-meter ravine in Sitio Jappas, Barangay Bobok-Bisal, this town, on June 30. The Bokod Municipal Police Station said the pickup truck was on its way to Baguio City from Tabuk City, Kalinga and...
MACALELON, Quezon – A 54-year-old vendor was killed and four individuals were injured when a pickup truck rammed a waiting shed in Barangay Mabini Ilaya, this town, on Wednesday afternoon, June 11. Police identified the fatality as Mafe. Injured were Carlo, 16; Elly, Divine, 58, and Delfin, the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old housewife was fatally run over by a dump truck in Zone 1, Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, while on her way to attend a friend’s funeral in a public cemetery on Thursday, May 29. Police identified the fatality as Maria of Barangay Hilamonan,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two drivers were killed and 16 passengers were injured in a collision between a passenger bus and 10-wheel truck loaded with ice on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Balangibang, Polangui town, Albay province, on Tuesday afternoon, May 20. Police Lt. Col. Maria Luisa "Malu"...
Vehicle sales in the Philippines grew by 2.5 percent in April, which marked the slowest growth in seven months, amid a sharp decline in passenger car sales. A joint report by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA) showed...
