BESAO, Mt. Province – Heavy rains and slippery roads caused a vehicle to fall into a 100 meter-deep ravine that resulted in the death of six of its eight passengers in an accident that occurred in Besao Mountain Province on April 21. Photo courtesy of Besao MPS Authorities identified the...
SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya – One died while five others were injured in a collision involving three vehicles in the intersection of National Highway and Mabini Street, Brgy. Poblacion South, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya on Saturday night. Killed in the mishap was Romnick Domingo, 28, and a resident of Ortiz...
GET Philippines COMET shuttle bus at the LRT-1 EDSA Station – one of the major stops of the Gil Puyat – PITX route Members of LRT-1 Riders Club enjoy free ride until April 17 Private operator of LRT-1 Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) remains committed to working towards its vision of...
Manny Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) on Monday signed definitive agreements to purchase significant minority stake in Byahe (registered as On-Us Solutions Inc). The investment will be made through MPT Mobility Corp., MPTC’s unit for mobility services. L-R, front:...
Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor has asked the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Makati City government to exempt medical workers from vehicular number coding. MMDA and Makati City “(This is) to allow them to quickly go to their workplaces, go home to rest after their duty or do...
The government should start promoting the use of electric vehicles (e-vehicles) as a way to counter the effects of any abrupt disturbance on oil importation especially in the world market, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, said that while it may...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said that the fuel subsidy to be distributed under the Pantawid Pasada Program will not be enough to keep the transport system running as the successive increases in oil prices are seen to affect the sector for a prolonged period. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) "The...
House Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy is supporting the PASAHERO party-list’s petition to extend the validity of jeepney and tricycle drivers’ license and vehicle registration by six months. Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy (PHOTO FROM HOR/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Cisco Philippines, with the support of business partners Ardent, Azimuth, and volunteer rescue group Team Patola deployed the Cisco Konektado Strategic Emergency Response Vehicle (SERV) at the start of the year to Bohol and Cebu after these areas were devastated by Typhoon Odette. The Konektado...
The "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy for commuters using public transportation in Metro Manila has been lifted on Tuesday, Feb. 1, as the capital region moved back into the more relaxed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Alert Level 2, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. (NOEL PABALATE /...
The government has set a deadline for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated workers in Metro Manila to complete their COVID-19 jabs to continue using public transportation under the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, the Department of...
The government should apologize for public confusion created by the implementation of the "no vaccination, no ride", especially on the issue pertaining to who should be exempted from the policy, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Wednesday, Jan. 19....