Department of Health The Department of Health (DOH) has reported nearly 500 holiday road crashes, six of which resulted in fatalities from Dec. 22 to 6 a.m. on Dec. 31, which marks a significant increase in accidents compared to last year. It said there have been a total of 496 road accidents,...
Department of Health The Department of Health (DOH) reported 418 road accidents from Dec. 22 to 6 a.m. on Dec. 29, a 38 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023. Just in the past 24 hours, 68 new cases were recorded. The DOH said motorcycle accidents remain the most common type of...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Eleven persons were injured when their passenger van rammed a concrete center island in Barangay Domoit, this city, on Saturday, Dec. 28. Police identified the victims as Francisco Manalo Barbosa, 69, driver; Stella, 5; Ivan, 8; Ellen 7; Mark, 4; Maria, 4; Bernardo...
Over 300 cases of firecracker-related injuries and road traffic incidents have been monitored by the Department of Health (DOH) during this holiday season. (DOH) As of Friday, Dec. 27, DOH monitoring showed there are 101 cases of firecracker-related injuries and 284 road traffic incident cases....
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old electrician was hit and killed by a van in Sitio Overflow, Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Christmas Eve. A 36-year-old electrician was sideswiped and killed by a van in Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Christmas Eve....
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...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Fourteen persons were injured when their van rammed a concrete center island in Barangay Domoit here on Dec. 24. Police said the driver of the Nissan Urvan Escape van with license plates UVX-477 was killed. The fatality was wearing a yellow T-shirt and maong pants and...
Seven passengers, including two minors, were killed and their driver was injured when their van crashed in Tupi, South Cotabato on Monday afternoon, Dec. 23. THIS photo from Facebook shows the van that crashed in Tupi, South Cotabato. Reports said the victims, residents of Cagayan de Oro City, were...
BACOLOD CITY – A one-year-old girl was killed after the ambulance transporting her crashed into a waiting shed in Barangay Paraiso, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, Dec. 21. A ONE-YEAR-OLD girl died after the ambulance transporting her crashed into a waiting shed in Barangay...
Mark Barroca finished what Zav Lucero had started and lifted Magnolia to a pulsating 99-95 overtime win over NLEX and arrest a four-game slide in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig on Friday, Dec. 20. Barroca nailed a running floater with 38.8 left to put the...
BACOLOD CITY – An 80-year-old woman died after she was run over by a pickup truck in Barangay Taculing here on Thursday, Dec. 19. Police identified the victim as Angelita Casguite, a resident of Barangay Taculing. Police Major Ramel Sarona, head of the Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU), said...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A motorcycle rider was killed in a collision with a dump truck in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 17. Police identified the victim as Mark Adrian Amper, 23, of Sarrat. A MAN lies on a grassy area after his motorcycle collided with a dump truck in...
