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Comet electric jeepneys to ferry Naia 3 passengers

Comets are coming to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) in July. These are not the cosmic snowballs of frozen gas, rocks and dust that streak across the skies but electric mass transport vehicles deployed by airport…

Councilor seeks ban on bus terminals along Edsa

MANILA, Philippines—A Quezon City councilor has formally tabled a proposal that bus terminals be banned from that section of the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue that cuts through his city to decongest traffic on the thoroughfare. In his…

New ordinance sets speed limits within Q.C. subdivisions

MANILA, Philippines—Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has signed an ordinance setting the maximum speed for motor vehicles within residential subdivisions in Quezon City at 20 kilometers per hour. The new ordinance, titled “Subdivision Speed Limit Ordinance of…

5-vehicle smashup on Commonwealth kills man

Quezon City’s “killer highway” claimed another life Wednesday morning, this time that of a 73-year-old motorist who lost control of his car till it crashed into four other vehicles on the opposite lane. A taxi driver and…

QC sets clampdown on bogus vehicle emission tests

The Quezon City council has enacted a measure against operators of private emission testing centers (PETCs) that issue clearances to vehicles without actually testing or even seeing them. PETCs are shops accredited by Land Transportation Office (LTO),…

Mel Mathay, former QC mayor and MMDA chairman, dies

Ismael Mathay Jr., who served as vice governor of the Metro Manila Commission and later mayor of Quezon City, died Wednesday of cardiac arrest. He was 81. Precy Mathay, a sister-in-law, told the Inquirer in a phone…

Road rage shooting: Bright lights, dim clues

Suspect: Male driver of a white Hyundai SUV, license plate number unknown; keeps a .40-caliber pistol and apparently familiar with shortcuts in Project 7, Quezon City; “mayabang” (arrogant). An indignant parent and the Quezon City Police District…

Driver by day, robber by night: Rob gang preying on Edsa buses busted

Three bus drivers and a conductor were found to be moonlighting as robbers of passenger buses plying Edsa following their arrest on Saturday night in Bulacan province. Chief Insp. Rodelio Marcelo, head of the Quezon City Police…

2 motorcycle robbery suspects killed by police in ‘shootout’

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City policemen killed early Sunday morning in an alleged shootout two suspected motorcycle thieves who allegedly snatched a motorbike off a hotel employee. Operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Novaliches station,…

QC mayor asks owners of idle land to turn them into parking lots

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has encouraged owners of idle land to convert them into pay parking areas or to either sell or rent them out to the city government. In a statement, the…