The bus that fell into a ravine in Bontoc, Mountain Province, killing 14 passengers may have had loose brakes that caused the accident. This is according to the preliminary investigation of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory…
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has suspended two bus companies, including the operator of the bus that fell into a ravine in Mt. Province on Tuesday. The crash killed 14 people including comedian Arvin…
An overloaded jeepney lost its brakes and fell into a meter-deep ditch in Licuan-Baay town in Abra province Saturday night, according to an official of the Department of Transportation and Communication. The accident follows a day after…
Another week, another tragic bus accident. This one has claimed the life of comedian Arvin “Tado” Jimenez, in Bondoc. Comedian and media personality Arvin “Tado” Jimenez, 39, was among the 14 people killed when a tourist bus…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A government-owned truck in Moalboal town, carrying 30 to 40 people, fell into a 7-meter-deep ravine in Barangay (village) Lawaan, Alcantara, some 85 kilometers southwest of this city at around noon Thursday. Police…
Whenever we’re behind the wheel, we like to think that we’re in full control. Whether we’re tootling to the grocery or barreling down the highway, we seldom consider that everything could go haywire in a fraction of…
The government imposed the “heaviest penalty” and cancelled the franchise of a 20-year-old bus company over the Dec. 16, 2013, highway accident that killed 21 people and injured 24 others in Taguig City. But while the order…
MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation and Franchising Board said Tuesday morning that it was a “first” for the agency, since its establishment in 1987, to revoke the franchise of a bus operator covering its entire units.…
MANILA, Philippines—The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday cancelled the franchise of the Don Mariano Bus Transit after it was found guilty of several violations. On Dec. 16, 2013, a bus of the Don…
With the suspension of the license of Don Mariano Transit expiring on January 16, 2014, the Automobile Association Philippines is pressing for the cancellation of the bus company’s franchise. A Don Mariano bus fell off the Skyway…
