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PNP looking for ‘beast mode cop’ who turned out to be a fake

TROUBLE’S brewing for a motorist who was in a Philippine National Police (PNP) shirt when he was caught on video berating and hitting a motorcycle driver in a traffic altercation. The PNP has examined the video and…

Traffic aides, street sweepers to observe ‘heat break’ starting Mar. 25

MANILA — Starting March 25, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will again implement its daily “heat stroke break” to avoid heat-related illnesses among on-duty traffic constables and street sweepers. MMDA Traffic Discipline Office head Cris Saruca…

‘Cheaper to kill than to injure’

THERE IS an official price for human life in the Philippines: P50,000 per person. The amount of P50,000 can buy you a living room set, a secondhand Gucci women’s bag, or a pair of Prada men’s shoes…

Cainta to fete heroic biker, traffic aide

“I wasn’t really thinking. I just had goose bumps and followed what my heart was telling me.” Jecenth Mateo, 22, recounted the moment he got off his bike to chase a motorcycle rider who suddenly drove off…

MMDA bent on pursuing raps vs taxi driver in shake-off case

MANILA — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is bent on pursuing charges against the taxi driver who tried to shake off a traffic enforcer who ended up hanging on for his life on the vehicle’s hood in…

Driver, passenger killed as motorcycle-riding men fire shots at bus in North Cotabato

KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – A bus driver and a passenger were killed when motorcycle-riding men shot at a bus that was was traversing the national highway in the town of Pikit in North COtabato on Monday…

HPG: Concrete barriers replacing plastics on Edsa

Blamed for some road mishaps, the orange plastic barriers separating lanes for private cars and passenger buses on Edsa would soon be replaced with concrete dividers, the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) of the Philippine National Police said…

Manila traffic chief warns ‘kotong’ cops

The chief of Manila’s trafffic enforcers has one message to kotong cops, or those who extort money from motorists—get rid of your “bad habits” or he’ll get rid of you. The newly installed chief of the Manila…

San Juan limits parking along Mabuhay Lanes

San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez has issued an executive order regulating the use as parking areas along roads designated as part of the Mabuhay Lanes of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Executive Order No. GGG-02-004 prohibits…

MMDA to errant drivers: Our high-tech cameras can spot you

In preparation for implementing the “no-physical contact apprehension policy” starting next month, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has warned drivers who conceal or tamper with their license plates that they can still be identified through its…

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