COTABATO CITY – Eight people were killed and 13 others were injured after a mini-dump truck fell off a cliff in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, on Wednesday afternoon. Police Lt. Jasper Garcia, deputy police chief of Lebak municipal police station, identified the eight fatalities as Moner Abdulla, Todz...
Ten persons were reportedly killed and 13 others were injured when the mini-dump truck they were riding in plunged into a ravine in the boundary of Lebak, Sultan Kudarat and South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 6. The victims were residents of Barangay Senditan, Sultan...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed and two others were injured when a truck rammed a motorcycle along the Malagutay portion of the bypass road here on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Police identified the fatalities as Rowel Lopez dela Peña, the motorcycle driver, and Dennis Gaco Absin, a native of...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city has intensified its campaign to clear public roads and sidewalks of illegal structures and obstructions to improve traffic management and pedestrian safety. Mayor Greg Gasataya said that barangays have been tapped to support the ongoing implementation and...
CEBU CITY – Ensure that the road is clear. Authorities issued this reminder to drivers of ambulances after a motorcycle was hit by a speeding ambulance in Barangay Kamagayan here past midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Andrew Abesia was injured in the incident, which happened on the intersection of P....
CEBU CITY – Twelve persons were injured when a passenger multicab turned on its side at the foot of the Marcelo Fernan Bridge in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City on Sunday night, Aug. 3. Among the injured is the driver of the multicab and four children aged two, three, seven, and nine, said...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two employees of the Benguet Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) were killed after the loader they were riding plunged into a ravine approximately 100 meters deep in Lower Kesbeng, Poblacion, this town, on Tuesday afternoon, July 29. Police identified the victims as La...
CEBU CITY – At least 15 passengers were injured when a passenger bus turned on its side on a highway in Bilar town, Bohol province on Tuesday morning, July 29. Police said the Southern Star Bus with license plates JVL-125 was seen zigzagging until it overshot a sharp curve. The driver, Jernel...
BAGUIO CITY – Officials of Baguio City and Benguet are calling for a comprehensive strategy to address the worsening condition of Kennon Road as a newly built rock shed is already at risk of collapse due to soil erosion, less than a year after its completion. Benguet Rep. Eric Yap said Monday...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has imposed a 90-day suspension on the license of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) driver who allegedly rammed a motorcycle rider while claiming to be an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Acting Assistant Secretary and LTO chief Greg G. Pua...
A newly-built rock shed in Tuba, Benguet, collapsed due to tropical cyclone ‘’Emong." Baguio City Mayor and Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan Tuba-Tublay chairman Benjamin Magalong visited and lamented the condition of the infrastructure in Millsite, Camp 4, Kennon Road. The Department of...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday, July 25, deployed more than 1,500 personnel and 227 equipment units to fast-track clearing operations along 46 national roads rendered impassable or partially passable due to torrential rains brought by the southwest monsoon, or...
