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Five years after, still no justice for Ma’am Chit

Aug 19, 2016 11:30 PM

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 […]

#SafeRoadsPH, chit estella, Commonwealth Ave., road safety, speeding

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Despite glaring data, road crashes ‘not a public health issue’

Aug 18, 2016 3:33 PM

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. […]

#roadsafety, #SafeRoadsPH, house of representatives, road crash

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Take your hands off that cellphone

Aug 01, 2016 9:30 PM

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 […]

Distracted Driving, MMDA, Philippines Road Safety

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Education, not humiliation, for drunk drivers

Aug 01, 2016 9:04 PM

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 […]

Dunk Driving, Duterte, MMDA

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So many drunk drivers, so few breathalyzers

Aug 01, 2016 7:39 PM

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 […]

Breathalyzers, DOTC, Drunk Driving, LTO, MMDA

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Penalizing Distracted Driving

Jul 28, 2016 1:31 PM

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:

#SafeRoadsPH, Anti distracted driving, road safety

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Solving the transport crisis: Drivers, drugs and Duterte

Jul 24, 2016 8:53 PM

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

#ltfrb, #roadsafety, #SafeRoadsPH, Duterte, transport

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Road rules: Surviving an hour on Metro Manila roads

Jul 13, 2016 8:25 PM

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 […]

#roadsafety, #SafeRoadsPH

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LTFRB: Safety top priority for children going to school

Jul 13, 2016 7:53 PM

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

#ltfrb, #roadsafety, #SafeRoadsPH

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Traffic jams: The silent killer

May 30, 2016 6:19 AM

By MICHAEL JOE T. DELIZO A man was gasping for air inside a public utility van packed with 20 passengers stuck in a traffic on Park Avenue Extension in Pasay City. It was 9:45 p.m., November 18, 2015. Twenty-one world leaders were in Manila for the 23rd summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). […]

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