Tag: vehicle

Vehicle plows into Christmas parade in US, killing multiple victims

A vehicle plowed into a Christmas parade in the US state of Wisconsin on Sunday evening causing “some fatalities” and injuring more than 20 people, police said. Officials were still gathering information on the incident which occurred just after 4:30 pm (2230 GMT), as spectators in the town of Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb, watched the annual tradition. “The Waukesha Christmas parade was taking place when a red SUV broke through the barricades, westbound, headed down […]

Trillanes releases footage that allegedly proves he is under surveillance

(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 17, released what he said was footage proving that his house was under surveillance. In the footage, a vehicle was seen stopping briefly in front of what was supposed to be Trillanes’ house, and then speeding away. The footage was time-stamped 9:25 p.m., on Sept. 11, 2018. Earlier, Trillanes said he was leaving the Senate, but changed his mind after he said motorcycle-riding men tailed […]

Trillanes says motorcycle-riding men tailed his vehicle; Nobody is interested in arresting him, Duterte says

(Eagle News) — Nobody is interested in arresting Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke to reporters after leading a command conference of government officials on the preparations being undertaken ahead of the landfall of Typhoon “Ompong.” The President made the remark after Trillanes decided to remain holed up in the Senate even after he said he would leave the building “quietly” within the day. Trillanes said he […]

MMDA eyes dry run of ban on driver-only vehicles on Edsa during rush hours next week

(Eagle News)—The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is looking to hold a dryrun of the ban on vehicles with only drivers on Edsa next week. This was announced by  MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia in an interview over GMA’s Unang Balita on Thursday, Aug. 9. According to Garcia, the idea was to allow motorists to share their rides with other people. “Puwede asawa o pamilya, kung isa lang ang pupuntahan niyo, baka puwede magsabay na kayo. Kung […]

Pangasinan placed under state of calamity

(Eagle News) — Pangasinan has been placed under a state of calamity several parts of the province were flooded due to the heavy rains. A post on the province’s Facebook page said the declaration was “due to damages caused by the incessant rains brought about by ..’Inday’ and Tropical Depression ‘Josie’.” Provincial resolution No. 437-2018, that placed the province under the state of calamity, said so far, based on a report by the Provincial Disaster […]

UPDATED: Vehicle allegedly used by suspects in killing of Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Lubigan found

(Eagle News)–Police on Wednesday, July 11, recovered the vehicle allegedly used by suspects in the killing of Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan. A police report said the Maragondon municipal police recovered the metallic black or dark green Toyota Hilux on the Mabacao-Pantihan Bridge in Barangay Tulay B at 6:55 a.m. The suspects had reportedly planned to dispose of the vehicle, which had no plate number nor conduction sticker, off the cliff. Lubigan was […]

MMDA: Lagman’s illegally parked vehicle on QC road towed

(Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority towed the car of Rep. Edcel Lagman over the weekend after it was found illegally parked on a road in Quezon City. A radio report quoted the MMDA as saying Lagman’s son acknowledged he forgot to tell his driver not to park the vehicle–which bore the license plate number “8” given to congressmen—along Scout Borromeo St. Authorities gave him a ticket. The MMDA, which has intensified its […]

Green cars in spotlight as India eyes electric revolution

by Abhaya Srivastava Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Electric cars bask in the limelight at India’s flagship auto show, where an ambitious plan to phase out polluting clunkers has manufacturers racing to lure millions of new drivers to their green vehicles. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government wants all new cars on India’s roads to be electric by 2030 to combat smog that routinely eclipses dangerous levels in the nation of 1.25 billion. Some […]

Using vehicles as weapons of terror in Europe and America

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A pickup driver ploughed a truck into cyclists and pedestrians in New York on Tuesday, killing eight people in the first deadly “act of terror” in the city since September 11, 2001. Vehicles have previously been used as weapons of terror, often by supporters of the Islamic State (IS) group, attacking nations in the US-led coalition fighting the jihadists in Iraq and Syria. Barcelona’s Las Ramblas On August 17, […]

Pop star Justin Bieber hits photographer with car: police

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Justin Bieber left a photographer with minor injuries after accidentally striking him with his vehicle near Los Angeles, police said Thursday. The pop star hit the 57-year-old male pedestrian, who was hospitalized with non-threatening injuries, at approximately 9:24 pm (0424 GMT) on Wednesday evening, Beverly Hills police detective Chris Coulter told AFP. Bieber, 23, “was cooperative and was released,” Coulter said. No citations were issued at the scene. The […]

Venezuelans looking to BusTV for news amid lack of information

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Returning from an anti-government protest in Caracas early May, artist Claudia Lizardo noticed that many people on the bus around her were unaware of the reasons so many had taken to the streets. Among shortages of basic goods and medicines gripping the crisis-hit nation, she noticed something else missing: information. The result was Bus TV, a spoken news journal presented by Lizardo and other journalist- and actor-friends aboard the capital’s buses, […]