Bukidnon SP to RTMI: cut drivers’ work hours, other measures

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News/03 November)— After its public hearings on vehicular accidents involving buses, the Bukidnon Sangguniang Panlalawigan required measures and practices to the Rural Transit of Mindanao Inc. and other bus companies plying the province.

Bukidnon bans ‘texting while driving’

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/25 September) The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Bukidnon has approved an ordinance prohibiting ‘text messaging’ while driving. The SP recently passed ordinance no. 2011-036R known as “Text at your own risk while driving ordinance of 2011.” Provincial board members unanimously approved the motion of first district board member Jay Albarece. [...]

Board member seeks suspension of RTMI operations in Bukidnon

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/21 Sept.)Bukidnon Provincial Board member Clive Quiño urged the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to call on the suspension of operations in Bukidnon of the Rural Transit of Mindanao, Inc. over alleged abuses of its drivers along Bukidnon highways. In a privilege speech at the regular session last Wednesday, a copy of which [...]

Malaybalay, Valencia transport groups set to join Monday strike – STAREX

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/19 Sept.) Bukidnon will be part of the national transport strike Monday to show discontent over President Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s inaction to address the unabated surge of oil price increases, with operators and drivers associations working with the Solidarity of Transport Alliance in Region X (STAREX), holding protests in [...]

In Malaybalay, 23 of 29 road deaths due to motorcycle accidents

MALAYBALAY CITY—  Twenty-three out of 29 people who died of vehicular accidents in Malaybalay City from January to July this year are attributed to motorcycle driving, according to records from the Traffic Management Center (TMC) of Malaybalay City. This number is more than double the number of eleven deaths for the same period last year, as [...]

Bukidnon transport groups join nation-wide strike

MALAYBALAY CITY – Bukidnon transport groups also joined the coordinated transport strike Thursday with barricades in Malaybalay and Valencia cities. The Solidarity of Transport Alliances in Region X (STAREX)/Piston staged ‘Tigil Pasada’ or transport strike in both cities Thursday morning. But it managed only to paralyze transportation from 7 to 9 a.m. in Valencia City, [...]

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