The Tolentino family from Barangay (village) Pembo, Makati City, was the first to know a loved one was killed in a bus accident on Monday. An anxious Mercy Tolentino, accompanied by her two sons, arrived on Monday…
MANILA, Philippines – Senate Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Tuesday urged the government to tap the P12-billion road user’s tax for road safety, saying road accidents are now becoming a “national epidemic.” Recto said at least P800 million, representing the mandatory 7.5 percent of the P11.7 billion…
President Aquino has expressed concern over the roadworthiness of public utility vehicles after a bus of Don Mariano Transit Corp. fell off the southbound lane of Skyway in Parañaque City on Monday. Eighteen people were killed and…
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday said that it would look into the alleged labor standards violations of Don Mariano Transit Corp., one of whose buses figured in an accident on Monday, killing 18…
MANILA, Philippines—“Fast and Furious” star Paul Walker died from “combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries” according to the actor’s death certificate as reported by entertainment website, TMZ. According to the death certificate issued by the Los…
MANILA, Philippines—The Don Mariano Transit Corporation is operating without the compliance certificate from the Department of Labor and Employment, a report from Inquirer Radio 990 AM on Tuesday said. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Region 7 suspended on Monday the operation of 10 buses of the Vallacar Transit after an accident involving one of its buses in Badian town, Cebu, which…
The operator and driver of the bus that plunged off the Skyway and fell onto a van in Parañaque City early Monday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 16 others, are facing criminal charges, police said.…
CEBU CITY—A drunken bus driver crashed his vehicle in the southern Cebu town of Badian Monday, killing his wife and 5-year-old daughter and injuring at least 19 other passengers, police said. Investigators said bus driver Erwin Gerson,…
MANILA, Philippines—Iloilo Rep. Jerry Treñas on Monday proposed that the government require speed-limit devices on buses to prevent deadly accidents usually caused by speeding. Treñas also criticized the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for being…
