The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has provisionally approved new toll for the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) beginning on Tuesday, October 17. In a statement on Friday, October 13, the TRB said the provisionally approved toll had undergone "thorough and meticulous review." "NLEX Corp. had to...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government has requested tollway concessionaires and operators to waive the toll fee increase for trucks carrying agricultural goods. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said that exempting trucks is one of the government's steps to address the high costs...
(File photo) The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) announced that the dry-run for the implementation of contactless toll collection already began in select toll plazas beginning Friday, Sept. 1. In an advisory, the TRB said that the dry run of the contactless toll collection through the AutoSweep and...
Senator Grace Poe has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the recent flooding that hit parts of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) that got motorists stuck in traffic for hours. In filing Senate Resolution No. 725, Poe said a Senate inquiry can help “determine whether proper...
Super typhoon “Egay” may have left the country last week but the devastation it left was continuously felt as two more fatalities were reported by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), which brought the death toll to 29 as of Friday, August 4. The NDRRMC said 14...
A lightning strike staged by a truckers' group from Central Luzon at the Anda Circle in Manila with around 30 trucks blocking two lanes of the busy thoroughfare caused a monstrous traffic jam on Friday morning inconveniencing thousands of motorists and commuters. Members of the Central Luzon...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, June 23 urged the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) management to address the bottlenecks along the expressway. A week since the toll increase in the NLEX took effect, Gatchalian said regular users of the toll road still...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, June 14 said only a temporary restraining order (TRO) can stop the toll rate increase on the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX). But it is also possible for the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) to be morally persuaded to defer the plan. “For now the only way to stop...
The drastic hike in toll rates beginning June 15 must be explained in detail to the motoring public, Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 13, said. Sen. Grace Poe (Senate PRIB Photo) “If these were periodic adjustments from more than a decade ago, the...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday, June 13 urged the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) and the North Luzon Express (NLEX) Corporation to put on hold the provisional increase in toll rates saying the worsening traffic should be resolved first. This, after the TRB...
SANLIURFA, Türkiye - A major earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,800 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. Residents search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of a building that collapsed, following...
A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel helps evacuate a child from a flooded area in Zamboanga on Jan. 11. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The two-week rains caused by a low-pressure area (LPA) in Northern Mindanao affected 59,000 individuals, left seven dead, and damaged more than P22-million worth of...
