Let’s give habal-habal regulation a try

Nestor Ramirez 10/04/2016

If it could be the only mechanism to stop a protection racket from preying on habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) drivers in exchange for lenient implementation of traffic rules, exorbitant charges to commuters and to address passenger safety issues and…

Osmeña eyes legalizing ‘habal-habal’

Margarette Managaytay 10/03/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will establish the “habal-habal” or motorcycles for hire as a legitimate industry in the city by tapping it to transport school children and hiring seniors to manage their terminals. “We…

Work, training, rehab options for drug users

Norman V. Mendoza 08/29/2016

SELF-CONFESSED drug addict Joji Cuizon, 39, says he has been a given an opportunity that he could not pass up. A resident of Barangay Bankal in Lapu-Lapu City, Cuizon used to drive a habal-habal (motorcycle for hire),…

More on the habal-habal drivers of Mambaling

Nestor Ramirez 07/12/2016

Who collects P20 a day from habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) drivers in Mambaling? I received information that the “uniformed and organized” habal-habal drivers that continue to make the national highway in Barangay Mambaling as their terminal under the nose…

Habal-habal drivers, call center agent nabbed, P300K drugs seized in Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 07/06/2016

Seven persons were arrested while nearly P300,000 worth of drugs were seized in a raid by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City at noon Wednesday. Habal-habal driver Roldan Moralde,…

The national highway as habal-habal terminal

Nestor Ramirez 05/31/2016

For some months now, portions of the national highway in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City has become a terminal for motorcycles-for-hire commonly called habal-habal. Not only occupying the portion below the Mambaling skywalk and near the corner going…

Habal driver dies, 6 hurt in Carcar road accident

Rene F. Alima 03/30/2016

A HABAL-HABAL (motorcycle-for-hire) driver was killed while six persons were injured after two motorcycles collided along a national road in Barangay Valencia Carcar City, southern Cebu last Tuesday night. Police identified the fatality as Severino Ledisma, a…

Habal driver hacked dead

Melissa Q. Cabahug 09/04/2015

A 33-year-old habal-habal driver was hacked dead by another habal-habal driver in barangay Tabok, Mandaue City last Wednesday night. The suspect, Lecerio Samson, 40, fled after the incident. Police said Samson and victim Roy Iway argued after…

‘Get traffic advisories through social media’

08/21/2015

Confused by the traffic rerouting? Cebu  residents and visitors can check traffic announcements online. The Cebu provincial government releases advisories on APEC developments at – www.cebu.gov.ph –  its official FB page at facebook.com/cebugovph, and – Twitter @cebugovph.…

Woman jumps off habal-habal in Ginatilan,dies

Apple Ta-as 08/14/2015

A 19-year-old eatery worker was killed after she jumped off a moving habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) in  Ginatilan town, Cebu last Tuesday noon. Police said Maria Fe Banaban  panicked when a bystander called out in jest that  the driver…

HABAL DRIVER STABBED

Apple Ta-as 06/11/2015

A 30-YEAR-OLD habal-habal driver was stabbed by his passenger in barangay Quisol, Danao City, northern Cebu. Juren Laurito Batucan sustained a stab wound in the hip. Police said Batucan was driving with the still-unidentified assailant as his…

Rocky mountain high

Lyndon Angan 06/06/2015

  ADVENTURE is a word too often used these days. Every outing, every unknown is an adventure.  I have this fascination for climbing and heights. This time I targeted the highest peak in the province of Cebu—Osmeña…

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