The rider hits the lady enforcer as he tried to escape from the authorities. (Photo from Gadget Addict) A lady enforcer of the Department of Transportation-Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (DOTr-SAICT) was injured after a motorcycle rider hit her while trying to escape...
Senator Grace Poe said the absence of a law should not result in the loss of jobs of over 60,000 motorcycle riders in the country, since the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has the authority to allow their continued operation. Poe stressed this in a statement on...
CATANAUAN, Quezon – A 24-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle collided with a carabao or water buffalo in Barangay Macpac here on Wednesday, Jan. 15. THE victim’s motorcycle. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Police identified the victim as Kenneth, a resident of Barangay Tuhian, this town....
TACLOBAN CITY – A priest died in a collision between a motorcycle and a sports utility vehicle in Barangay Naubay, Llorente, Eastern Samar on Wednesday, Jan. 15. GALO (Diocese of Borongan FB) Police identified the victim as Alejandro Galo, 66, custodian of church properties in the Diocese...
Sen. Grace Poe called for the passage of the bill to legalize and regulate motorcycles-for-hire as a safe mode of transportation. "The motorcycle-for-hire bill has been through the long and winding road to passage. Our tank is full," Poe said during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Public...
With the approval of the amendments to the Republic Act 11235, otherwise known as “Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act", there will be no more "doble plaka" (double plates) for motorcycles. Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino reported on Tuesday, Jan. 14, the approval of the bicameral conference...
A total of 1,046 motorcycle and car dealers were summoned by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in 2024 over their alleged failure to register newly-bought motor vehicles within the prescribed period. The cases of most of the motorcycle and car dealers issued with Show Cause Orders (SCO) are...
BACOLOD CITY – A three-year-old girl was killed and her father was injured in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Quezon, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday night, Jan. 3. A TODDLER was killed and her father was injured in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Quezon, San Carlos City, Negros...
Road traffic incidents continue to rise, with 32 new cases reported on Saturday, Jan. 4. (DOH) Based on its latest data, the Department of Health (DOH) announced that it recorded a total of 638 road traffic incidents between Dec. 22, 2024, and Jan. 4, 2025. The DOH has been monitoring road traffic...
Driving without safety accessories was the leading cause of road traffic incidents recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) during the holiday season. (Keith Bacongco / Manila Bulletin) On Thursday, Jan. 2, the DOH announced that it had recorded 577 road traffic incidents between Dec. 22, 2024,...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Jan. 1, announced that over 500 road traffic incidents had been reported since last month. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOH said that it has been monitoring road traffic incidents in eight pilot areas, and based on the latest data gathered, a...
CEBU CITY – A six-year-old girl was killed in a vehicular accident in Barangay Langtad, Naga City, southern Cebu on Christmas Day. The girl’s parents were critically injured in the accident on the national highway at past 2 a.m. Police identified the fatality as Caroline Delute. Injured...
