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Jeepney driver who ran over students has no license, tested positive for drugs

MANILA, Philippines – The jeepney driver who ran over several students while they were crossing the designated pedestrian lane in Makati City, injuring six and killing a 14-year-old boy, does not have a license and tested positive…

Gov’t sets ‘one-time big-time’ ops vs overloading, speeding vehicles

MANILA, Philippines — Transportation and law enforcement agencies will conduct its “one-time big-time” nationwide crackdown against traffic violators, especially overloading and over-speeding vehicles, on Friday, November 22. The Land Transportation Office (LTO) said this activity is meant to…

MPV driver in viral video to face raps

The multipurpose vehicle (MPV) driver who sped away as a traffic enforcer clung to his vehicle—an incident captured by closed circuit television cameras—would be charged, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said on Sunday. “There was criminal…

Manila traffic enforcer hurt after clinging on window of speeding car

MANILA, Philippines — A traffic enforcer assigned at the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) was injured after hanging on the window of the car of an alleged reckless driver he was accosting in Manila on Saturday…

Bomb scare snarls Roxas Boulevard traffic

MANILA, Philippines – A section of Roxas Boulevard was temporarily closed to traffic Thursday morning after a black trolley bag was found abandoned in the area. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday said that heavy…

Expect heavy traffic near Southern Police District HQ on Wednesday

MANILA, Philippines – The Southern Police District (SPD) advised motorists and commuters to seek alternate routes as heavy traffic is expected in several roads in Taguig City and Makati City on Wednesday, March 27. In an advisory,…

Police officer shot dead on Edsa

MANILA, Philippines — A police officer aboard a motorcycle was shot dead along Edsa near Connecticut St. in Greenhills, San Juan on Tuesday afternoon, the San Juan City Police reported. Police identified the victim as Police Senior…

Businessman, driver killed, woman injured in Edsa shooting

MANILA, Philippines — A businessman and his driver were killed and a female passenger was injured in a shooting incident on the southbound lane of Edsa near Reliance Street in Mandaluyong City Sunday afternoon. Two unidentified gunmen on…

Cops kill motorcycle thieves in shootout in Quezon City

Two unidentified men who had allegedly stolen a motorcycle were shot dead by Quezon City policemen and Highway Patrol Group (HPG) operatives on Saturday morning near the University of the Philippines Diliman campus. According to the police,…

‘Soon-to-be-tycoon’ and sports patron Dominic Sytin, 51

Dominic Sytin first gained prominence in early 2000 when he entered the used vehicle import scene, bringing in second-hand right-hand-drive cars, vans and sport utility vehicles through the Subic Freeport and converting them to left-hand-drive street-legal units.…