skyway accident

Loose brakes may have caused Bontoc bus crash-LTFRB chair

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…

LTFRB reconsiders Don Mariano case; punishment “too harsh” says company lawyers

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will soon decide on the appeal filed by bus operator Don Mariano Transit Corp. (DMTC). The LTFRB canceled the franchise of DMTC on January 14, after a string of…

Don Mariano Transit bus firm loses franchise for death of 21

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…

Bus driver in Skyway accident is 20th fatality

MANILA, Philippines–The driver of the ill-fated Don Mariano bus that fell off Skyway died in the hospital early Monday night, becoming the 20th fatality in the December 16 accident. After a week in the Paranaque Doctor’s Hospital (PDH),…

Death on wheels: why we should get our buses under control

Monday morning produced not one but two horrifying bus accidents. The first is the widely reported crash and fall of a Don Mariano Transit bus from the Skyway onto a hapless delivery van, killing at least 21…