Relatives of a victim of the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino fire in Poipet, Cambodia, mourn at a temple on the Thai side of the border in Aranyaprathet on December 30, 2022. Rescuers scoured the charred ruins of a Cambodian hotel and casino complex on December 30, warning they expected to find...
PARIS, France – The true global death toll of Covid-19 remains difficult to nail down three years after the first case was detected, though experts agree there have been far more fatalities than officially reported. Patient beds in Beijing stadium. China could see over 1 million Covid deaths...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The death toll from a fierce winter storm that gripped much of the United States over Christmas rose to at least 61 on Thursday, officials said. A gigantic snow pile is seen in front of Central Terminal in Buffalo, New York, on December 29, 2022. The death toll from a...
Senior citizens will get a 20 percent discount on the toll fees imposed by expressway and skyway operators if this measure from Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo gets enacted. Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo Rillo penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.5277, which seeks for senior...
A group of truckers has sought the implementation of a Sangguniang Bayan (SB) resolution in San Simon, Pampanga that suspended the collection of toll from trucks passing through the town. The truckers' spokesman, Roberto Ramos, said that the resolution passed last Nov. 24 suspended the collection...
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) will be granted a fixed 20 percent discount on toll road prices if this measure from the House of Representatives will get enacted. Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo has filed House Bill (HB) No. 5275, which grants...
Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) will collect adjusted toll rates at the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) effective Sunday, Nov. 27. The Toll Regulatory Board TRB) has already issued the Notice to Start Collection to the tollway operator and its joint venture partner, the...
SMC Infrastructure started issuing toll fee refunds Wednesday, Nov. 23, for all motorists affected by an unexpected disruption of its electronic toll collection (ETC) system last week. The refunds will cover all vehicles that passed through affected tollways, including the South Luzon Expressway...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has joined several Metro Manila solons in calling on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to hasten the implementation of its Toll Interoperability Project. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) In particular, the solons want the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and its attached agencies should fast-track the implementation of Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Toll Interoperability Project, lawmakers said. Neophyte lawmaker Ilocos Rep. Sandro Marcos and Valenzuela City 2nd District Rep. Eric Martinez filed House Resolution...
A 59-year-old man from Tubo, Abra was the latest addition to the list of individuals that have died due to the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rocked the province more than a week ago, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Friday, August 5. A day after a...
By Mr. Shantanu Mukherjee, Director of the Economic Analysis and Policy Division United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs In today’s hyper-connected world, with our interlinked economies, migrant diasporas and 24-hour news channels, it’s no surprise that the war in Ukraine is...