Meet the fellows of the second Road Safety Journalism Fellowship
Eleven journalists were chosen as fellows under the second Bloomberg Initiative-Global Road Safety Media Fellowship.
Eleven journalists were chosen as fellows under the second Bloomberg Initiative-Global Road Safety Media Fellowship.
“There is a scarcity of qualified professional drivers in public transportation.”
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
You’re driving along, minding your own business, and obeying the rules of the road. Suddenly, a police officer signals you to pull over. You stop. He tells you that he wants to give you a breath test to measure the amount of alcohol in your system.
It’s not as if Filipinos drivers do not know the dangers of texting while driving. Simple text can turn deadly.
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 Nine days before Christmas three years ago, a Don Mariano bus fell off the Skyway in Bicutan, Taguig and landed on a delivery van below, crushing the driver to death. The bus driver survived but 18 of his passengers never got to celebrate Christmas. At least 20 were injured. Investigation later
By BRENDA BARRIENTOS-VALLARTA The Senate Committee on Public Services on Wednesday started to hear proposals to grant President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to solve the worsening traffic problem in Metro Manila and other urban areas. In the House of Representatives, several similar bills had been filed. But while Congress deliberates on possible powers to negotiate
A huge part of road safety has to do with how drivers drive. Common courtesy for all road users is crucial to keep the road safe.