Transport group Manibela will conduct a three-day strike starting Monday, March 24, in protest of what it described as a blatant lie committed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) when it allegedly submitted wrong figures on the status of the modernization plan of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 57-year-old woman was killed by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm in Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Jan. 4. Police Capt. Darryl Kuhutan, Pontevedra police chief, identified the victim as Trinidad Baliguat of Barangay Don...
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte – Police said a farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Sitio Corcuera, Barangay Laureta, this town, on Tuesday, October 8. The victim, Oswaldo M. Baltazar, 60, was on his way to back to his nipa hut after pasturing his cow in an open field when he was hit during a...
No commuters were stranded on the first day of strike by two major transport groups in Metro Manila and other parts of the country, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Monday, Sept. 23. LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadiz III said they have been monitoring the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police Brig. Gen. Andre P. Dizon, Police Regional Office-5 director, said the situation in the Bicol region was normal amid the ongoing nationwide transport strike on Monday, September 23. Dizon said that no rallies have been monitored in any part of the region and...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) rolled out its free shuttle services to eight different routes in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao to help commuters who will be affected by the two-day transport strike starting Monday, Sept. 23. Office of the Vice President's Libreng Sakay (OVP photo)...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A 28-year-old boatman and a cow were killed by lightning in Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte on Sunday, August 25. Police said the boatman Jun and his companion were in the middle of national park Hundreds Island in Alaminos City, Pangasinan, and about to reach Quezon...
The free shuttle provision initiated by Vice President Sara Duterte’s office added a new route on Wednesday, Aug. 14, with one of its buses plying the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) to Naic in Cavite province. (Photo from the Office of the Vice President) The Office...
The local government of Pasig City announced that it will deploy “libreng sakay” vehicles for commuters who might be affected by the scheduled three-day transport strike from Wednesday, August 14, to Friday, August 16. Transport group Manibela Manibela and Piston hold a protest rally...
The Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) “Libreng Sakay” program will be expanded this week to help commuters who will be affected by the planned three-day transport strike. Office of the Vice President's free shuttle service (OVP photo) In a statement, the OVP said that the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 21-year-old farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Purok Enyam, Barangay Cambarus, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 24. A 21-year-old farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Barangay Cambarus, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 24....
Three farmers were killed in lightning strikes in Isabela and Ilocos Sur on Monday, June 10. Police identified the victims as Edwin Madduma, 40, and Wilson Figarola, 56, residents of the City of Ilagan, Isabela, and Rogelio A. Sucop, 65, of Sitio Kimpakpakan, Barangay Santo Rosario, Sigay, Ilocos...
