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Cat run over by car during #MMShakeDrill

No nine lives for this one. It was a day of nerves at the Quezon City government’s earthquake drill on Thursday.  Minutes before the drill started at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City Thursday, a…

Man runs over, kills daughter while parking car

SANDAKAN, Malaysia—A man reparking his vehicle at a relative’s house, where the family had come on an Hari Raya Aidilfitri visit Friday night, accidentally ran over and killed his three-year-old daughter. Mutia Noraini Ayup died of severe…

Pickup hangs from edge of Skyway

Driving in torrential rain can be dangerous, as one motorist has found out the hard way–on the Skyway, no less. While traveling on the elevated highway Wednesday afternoon, the driver of a Mitsubishi Strada pickup skidded and…

A thump, ‘Where’s Archie?’

It was a routine chill-out weekend on a yacht that ended in a tragedy that stunned the country’s business and lifestyle communities. But nonetheless Anton San Diego, magazine editor and Inquirer Lifestyle columnist, is grateful and happy…

CAAP: King’s chopper had no flight plan

The private helicopter that carried billionaire and hotel owner Archimedes “Archie” King did not advise aviation authorities about its return flight on Sunday, hours before the aircraft went down near Mount Maculot in Batangas province in the…

NGOs shed tears for Archie King

Community service organizations on Monday mourned Archimedes “Archie” King’s death Jeffrey Tarayao, president of Meralco Foundation, said: “Tito Archie was a very humble man. He is a man of few words but you can feel the depth…

Victoria Court founder Archie King, pilot die in Batangas chopper crash

Archimedes “Archie” Rosario King, the owner of Victoria Court chain of motels, died as his private chopper crashed in a forested area near Mt. Maculot in Cuenca town in Batangas province on its way to Manila on…

Did you know: Road accidents and fatalities in Metro Manila

There were a total of 26,903 road accidents in Metro Manila from January to April 2015, according to the latest Road Crash Statistics Report of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s Metro Manila…

Robot kills man at Volkswagen plant in Germany

BERLIN, Germany— A robot has killed a contractor at one of Volkswagen’s production plants in Germany, the automaker said Wednesday. The man died Monday at the plant in Baunatal, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Frankfurt,…

‘Let’s avoid becoming an MMDA statistic’

When Australian expatriate Jacinta Coote crossed the road at a pedestrian crossing in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) on May 12 to go buy bananas for her daughter, she never got them. Jacinta was nearly killed when two…

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