Rod Franco MPTC Pres and CEO Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), the largest expressway builder and operator in the Philippines, has forayed into the digital space via MPT DriveHub, a travel companion app. MPT DriveHub transforms MPTC into a premier mobility enabler integrating motoring and travel...
Korean actor Kim Woo-bin, Esom and Kang Yoo-seok will headline Netflix’s new drama “Black Knight” (aka “Delivery Driver,”). Netflix has confirmed the production of “Black Knight,” which will be directed by Cho Ui-seok. This will be a reunion project for Kim Woo-bin and Choi Ui-seok...
Road safety has been a long time global and national priority. Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018 estimate that 1.35-million lives are lost due to road accidents each year. In the Philippines, the Metro Manila Accident Reporting and Analysis System recorded 65,032...
The “House of Gucci,” the film about the Italian fashion house Gucci starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, will open in Philippine cinemas on Jan. 19. The film was inspired Sara Gay Forden’s book “The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour and Greed” published in...
A 63-year-old pedicab driver was shot dead along Dominga street corner P. Ocampo in Malate, Manila on Monday, Dec. 6. Probers of the Homicide Crime Investigation of the Manila Police District (HCI-MPD) identified the victim as Danilo Fajardo Florida. According to Florida’s brother who witnessed...
The transport sector is the hardest-hit in the country because aside from facing the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), they also suffer lack of funding support from government and overregulation, Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson had stated....
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has started distributing some P1 billion worth of fuel subsidies to about 136,000 public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers in the country as part of the government's assistance program to the transport sector amid the continuous hike in...
Jake Cuenca recently visited the Grab driver who was injured during his encounter with police last month. On Instagram, he wrote: "Masaya ako na nagkaroon ako ng pagkakataon na madalaw si Eleazar Martinito ang grab driver na nasaktan sa isang insidenteng hindi ko malilimutan." "Taos pusong...
The San Juan City local government has distributed the P3,000 cash assistance to various non-medical frontliners and Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) drivers and operators in its bid to help them amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook)...
President Duterte has vowed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to make accountable individuals who "acted beyond bounds" in operations connected to the Philippine government's war on illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech before the UNGA on Wednesday, Sept 22,...
Driver-assistance systems and their effect on drivers From ACC (adaptive cruise control) to V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communications, it seems like the gamut of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) that are making cars smarter have now far exceeded the letters of the English alphabet, and...
WASHINGTON, United States – It's back to school time in America after a year of remote learning, but forget about the iconic yellow school bus: because of COVID, there is a shortage of drivers. School buses are seen in Pasadena, California on March 19, 2021 (AFP/Harry How) The problem --...
