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Airport premium bus service launched

Premium airport bus service Ube Express was formally launched Tuesday, with the aim of providing flyers at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport an alternative mode of transportation to areas in Metro Manila. The company, operated by Airfreight…

5 dead, 35 hurt in Palawan road accident

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay — At least five people, two of them children, died while 35 others were hurt when the bus they were riding in fell into a creek in Taytay town in Palawan province on Monday, reports from…

Leni turns from bus rider to jet-setter

An advocate of people on the margins of society who often takes a bus on her visits to her province, Vice President Leni Robredo has become a jet-setter of sorts, getting flak from certain quarters. From Bicol…

‘Intelligent’ trackways could be traffic solution

I have been having a series of conversations with someone who has a very interesting concept. Francis Yuseco has developed, in considerable detail, a new kind of public transport. In essence, it’s a light rail transit (LRT)—but…

Makati cop among 11 caught driving ‘colorum’ vehicles

A MAKATI policeman was among the 11 violators apprehended by authorities cracking down on “colorum” vehicles in four areas in Metro Manila on Thursday morning. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) identified the policeman as PO3 Divino…

GPS devices now mandatory for provincial buses as QC court sides with LTFRB

A QUEZON City court has denied a transport group’s petition to put off the enforcement of memorandum circulars (MCs) issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) requiring the installation of Global Positioning System (GPS)…

Bus operators lose fight with LTFRB on GPS trackers

The Quezon City Regional Court has (QC-RTC) denied a transport group’s petition to suspend the enforcement of memorandum circulars issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) requiring the installation of a global positioning system…

P100-B plan to end traffic woes in 2-3 years

METRO Manila’s traffic woes can’t be solved overnight, but possibly within two to three years, according to a “Marshall-like” solution being offered to presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte by Filipino consortium Philtrak Inc. Francis Yuseco Jr., who heads…

Bus tire flies off, kills girl, hurts brother in Koronadal

KORONADAL CITY — A 14-year-old girl was killed while her brother was critically hurt when one of two tires that flew off from a passing bus hit them on Sunday in this city,  police said Monday. Supt.…

2 dead, 11 hurt as bus plows into crowd

Two commuters who were just waiting for a ride, including a pregnant woman, died after being hit by a bus driven by a 25-year-old on Friday morning on Commonwealth Avenue, a major Quezon City thoroughfare notoriously known…

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