Archive - Road Safety Stories

By JAKE SORIANO [metaslider id=48020] Photos by LALA ORDENES At first glance, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court looks more like a church than a court. An assortment of statues  — Christ on the cross, the child Jesus, the Virgin Mary — stare down on court employees, lawyers, police officers, nervous witnesses, family members of

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL WITH startling clarity, 22-year-old Joshua Broqueza recalls how a split second in his life landed him in a hospital bed, bleeding and almost lifeless. It was in the middle of the night, when he and his friends aboard a Toyota Vios were on the Albay province’s so-called killer highway, Maharlika Highway.

By IRA V. PANGANIBAN RARE is a Filipino driver involved in a car crash while using his cellphone that would admit  that his using of the gadget while driving caused the difficulty he got himself into, said former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino. “Not even if he has his hand on the

By MICHAEL JOE T. DELIZO   RC Rodriguez, 28, is one lucky guy. He has figured in more than one road crash while driving under the influence of liquor and he is still alive. Once, after imbibing two bottles of one-liter beer, he was driving at 100 kilometer per hour when his tire blew up

By DINNA LOUISE C. DAYAO One day in December 2015, Dr. Carol Araullo was riding a pick-up that was cruising on Commonwealth Avenue. Suddenly, a driver in a sedan rammed into a multicab vehicle; the multicab spun from the impact and hit the pick-up. Six passengers of the multicab were injured in the three-car crash, according

Tinkering with your cellphone while driving is now punishable by law. The Anti-Distracted Driving Bill lapsed into law in July 21. Road Safety Journalism fellow Jacque Manabat reported on the highlights of the new policy last June. Let’s revisit her story here:

Text and video by LUCILLE SODIPE One of the transport-related problems the Duterte administration is facing is drug use among drivers.

Text and video by LUCILLE SODIPE UNDISCIPLINED motorists, illegally parked vehicles, unauthorized jeepney terminals, unruly pedestrians. These are just some of the problems that add to the growing list of traffic woes commuters and motorists face every day, says the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. VERA Files conducted a simple experiment to find out how often we encounter, or

EXACTLY a month since the opening of classes, Filipino children continue to face higher risks every time they leave home for school.

IN MARCH, VERA Files conducted a road safety orientation seminar and training workshop for the 10 fellows chosen under the Road Safety Journalism Fellowship. Together with road safety advocates from the World Health Organization, VERA Files’ partner in the fellowship, the journalists took part in the three-day interaction, along with other stakeholders of the Bloomberg Initiative

JOURNALIST and VERA Files trustee Ellen Tordesillas announced  on April 12 the launch of a new award to honor the best student work on road safety issues. The Chit Estella Road Safety Journalism Award, named in honor of journalist Lourdes “Chit” Estella-Simbulan, will be given next year as a special category in the Philippine Journalism Research

ROAD crashes are among the leading causes of death in the Philippines. The 2015 World Health Organization’s Global Status Report on Road Safety estimates 10,379 fatalities in the country a year, half of them motorcycle riders, followed by pedestrians. Stories of road crashes that kill, injure and permanently disable people are regular fare in newspapers and