road rage

Businesswoman shot dead during traffic jam in Parañaque

MANILA — A 66-year-old woman was killed after she was shot several times inside her vehicle in Parañaque on Tuesday. A report reaching Senior Supt. Ariel Andrade, the city’s chief of police, said Yolanda Dela Rosa Manatad…

Pistol-toting trader jailed for road rage

A businessman landed in jail allegedly for aiming his pistol at a fellow motorist during a traffic altercation and taunting the policemen who responded to the disturbance in Manila early Saturday. The Manila police arrested 40-year-old Peter…

Company driver shot dead in Pasig; road rage eyed

MANILA, Philippines — A motorist was shot dead by a still unidentified assailant reportedly after they had a traffic altercation in Pasig City on Thursday. A report reaching the Eastern Police District said Richard Tuazon, a company…

QC traffic man shot dead by bank security officer over P350-violation ticket

MANILA, Philippines — A Quezon City traffic enforcer was shot dead by a bank security officer while he was issuing a violation ticket during a Mabuhay Lane clearing operation on West Avenue Wednesday morning. Enrique Fresnido, 60,…

Ayala Alabang road rage: Frustrated murder raps set vs ‘Josons of Ecija’

TWO BROTHERS who claimed to be members of the politically influential Joson clan of Nueva Ecija province are facing criminal charges for allegedly mauling a man in a road rage incident inside Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City,…

Jeepney driver shot in the head by irate pedestrian in Makati

The driver of a passenger jeepney was shot in the head by an angry pedestrian outside a busy mall in Makati City on Thursday afternoon. The victim, Jerick Accad, 35, of Western Bicutan, Taguig City, nearly hit…

Cop shot, wounded 2 brothers in Legazpi City road rage

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines—Two brothers were shot and wounded by a policeman following a heated argument over a traffic incident on Rizal Street, Barangay (village) Em’s Barrio, in this city on Sunday night. Senior Superintendent Marlo Meneses, Albay…

Monsters on wheels: an editorial

THERE’S AN inexplicable rash of incidents involving people who break traffic rules and then have the gall to wreak mayhem on those who take them to task. Or maybe not too inexplicable: It can’t be just the…

Dealing with tailgaters and rubberneckers

The recent multiple collision at the North Luzon Expressway was not the first—and will surely not be the last—road accident of this kind if we continue to practice these two habits while driving on highways: tailgaiting and…

Vice-mayor’s wife attacks Vios with Navara

CEBU CITY—The pregnant wife of Ronda town Vice Mayor Jonah John Ungab is facing charges for attacking a female lawyer with a baseball bat for allegedly having an affair with her husband. But Pearl Ungab, 41 and…

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