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.
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).
ASK all five presidential candidates about their plans for children and most of them would touch on providing classrooms and free lunch for undernourished kids. When it comes to transport issues, they would often discuss the worsening traffic problem in urban areas and their plans to solve it. This election season, road safety was almost
