THE QUALITY of a country’s infrastructure program affects its economic growth. When there is prompt delivery of services, a nation’s productivity, production, and profitability are also greatly enhanced. At the start of the year, the government approved…
TARLAC CITY, Philippines—The towns of Anao, Pura and Victoria are likely to become new investment hubs similar to export processing zones following the opening on Monday of the 16.7-kilometer Tarlac City-Gerona portion of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway…
The 89-kilometer Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX), which is expected to boost business and tourism in central and northern Luzon, may be fully completed ahead of schedule by 2015, one of its stakeholders said on Sunday. Conglomerate San…
MANILA, Philippines – A passenger of the ill-fated Don Mariano Transit bus that plunged from the elevated Skyway on the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) Monday in Taguig City said it was a miracle he survived the crash.…
MANILA, Philippines – The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB), along with other concerned agencies, will look into how a bus plunged from the elevated Skyway on Monday morning for comparison to a tragic incident in 2011 at the…
MANILA, Philippines—The number of bodies recovered from a bus that fell from the Skyway on the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) in Taguig City rose to 21, Inquirer Radio 990AM reported on Monday. The report said 20 bodies…
MANILA, Philippines—Don Mariano Transit, the operator of the bus that fell off Skyway on Monday morning and killed at least 21 people, had once topped the list of most dangerous bus operators in Metro Manila. The Land…
MANILA, Philippines—A passenger bus fell from the Skyway in Taguig City early morning on Monday, landing on a van below and instantly killing 18 people. According to Skyway Corp., a Don Mariano Bus on the southbound lane…
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The Philippines should begin decongesting Metro Manila, the financial and governing center, so the risks of earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis hitting the metropolis would not paralyze the economy and government, Pampanga businessmen said here…
MANILA, Philippines—Tarlac Rep. Enrique Cojuangco has filed a bill raising the speed limit on expressways from 100 to 130 kilometers per hour (kph) for cars and motorcycles, and 110 kph for buses and trucks. Cojuangco filed House…
