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Waze lists the top 10 flood-prone Metro Manila cities

NAVIGATION app Waze and data consultancy firm Thinking Machines have listed the 10 cities in Metro Manila which would likely get flooded the most this rainy season, as well as those in which the most accidents have…

‘Ironman’ draws flak for another near-fatal crash

Late night of Jan. 13, two friends on board a sedan were on their way down from Baguio via Kennon Road. At 11:55 p.m., just when the sedan reached Camp 7, two speeding motorbikes going up Baguio…

Freak car accident claims Pokemon designer’s life

The Pokemon company’s creative design director Eric Medalle died last Sunday (Monday Manila time) after a tree fell on his car during a storm in Seattle. Citing a report from the digital media website, Mashable.com, Medalle was taking…

SAF man, wife dead in Antipolo road crash

Almost 24 hours after a road accident in Antipolo City led to the death of a Special Action Force (SAF) trooper and his wife, police investigators have yet to determine if the policeman committed suicide or accidentally…

Motorists warned on Quezon accidents

LUCENA CITY—The top provincial police official here asked transport operators to ensure the road worthiness of their buses and to volunteer their drivers for drug testing amid the series of road accidents along the sections of the…

K-drama actress Kang Doo-ri, 22, dies in car accident

Korean actress Kang Doo-ri died in a car accident on Monday, local reports said on Tuesday. While the police are still investigating how she died, her funeral is to be held at the Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital.…

SUV catches fire along Edsa-Quezon Avenue

A sports utility vehicle (SUV) caught fire along the northbound lane of Edsa-Quezon Avenue on Tuesday evening. It was reportedly an Isuzu MU-X. In an online advisory, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the incident near…

Montero Sport driver in QC mishap blames ‘sudden acceleration’

A woman was rushed to the hospital after the company-owned Mitsubishi Montero Sport she was driving slammed into a concrete barrier of the Skyway project on Araneta Avenue in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City, early Saturday morning. Cathleen…

11 hurt as jeepney plunges into Lagusnilad

Eleven people were injured when a wayward passenger jeepney went over the railing and fell into the Lagusnilad underpass in Ermita, Manila, before dawn on Wednesday. The driver, identified only as Arman, fled after the incident and…

Short-circuited car sparks Eastwood Mall fire, says management

A parked car which experienced short-circuit caused the fire that broke at Eastwood in Quezon City on Wednesday morning, the mall management said. In a statement, Eastwood said the fire started at about 10:30 a.m. at the…