TWENTY-two out of 31 drivers of the J&D Rent-A-Car company failed the written examination on traffic laws and rules despite a refresher seminar held by the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) last Friday.
Raul Aguilos, LTO-7 director, said that despite having professional drivers licenses, most of the drivers failed to get at least 45 out of the 60 questions given during the exam.
“They have to undergo more trainings. They may have been stressed,” said Aguilos.
Vicente Gador, chief of the Legal and Licensing Divisions of LTO-7, said the seminars focused on uphill and downhill maneuvering.
All 32 vehicles of the J&D Rent-A-Car company remain suspended until their drivers pass the exams and they are given a month to comply.
The drivers tested negative for drugs. The company's bus fell into a ravine in barangay Cansomoroy, Balamban town, northern Cebu recently. Killed were 20 Iranians and their Filipino driver.
The Cebu City police said they would ask motorists and passenger utility vehicle (PUV) drivers to check their vehicles at Pung-ol Sibugay before heading to their destinations.
Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador Jr., Cebu City police director, said this would determine whether or not the vehicles were road-worthy.
He said the wide space near Ayala Heights and their police outpost in Pung-ol Sibugay would be ideal for checking vehicles.
Comendador said they would raise this proposal in a dialogue with the LTO-7, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Cebu City Traffic Operations and Management (CITOM) office.
Billboards will be set up and two police personnel will be on standby to ask motorists and PUV drivers for the examnation, Comendador said.
For his part, Councilor Edgar Labella proposed that recognition be given to civilians, groups, police and military personnel who helped in the rescue of victims and recovery of the dead passengers in tomorrow's City Council session.
Incoming Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he wanted a committee to properly evaluate who should qualify for the recognition.
“We are not in a hurry to proceed but there will be an awards,” said Rama.
Rama said he received word that the Iranian embassy is now looking for videos taken before the accident. Police have in their custody a video camera that recorded the bus passengers prior to the crash.
Labella said recognition should be given to Balamban officials, the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation (Eruf), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and mountaineering and volunteer groups who joined in the retrieval operations. Correspondents Chris Ligan, Chito Aragon and Edison delos Angeles
Raul Aguilos, LTO-7 director, said that despite having professional drivers licenses, most of the drivers failed to get at least 45 out of the 60 questions given during the exam.
“They have to undergo more trainings. They may have been stressed,” said Aguilos.
Vicente Gador, chief of the Legal and Licensing Divisions of LTO-7, said the seminars focused on uphill and downhill maneuvering.
All 32 vehicles of the J&D Rent-A-Car company remain suspended until their drivers pass the exams and they are given a month to comply.
The drivers tested negative for drugs. The company's bus fell into a ravine in barangay Cansomoroy, Balamban town, northern Cebu recently. Killed were 20 Iranians and their Filipino driver.
The Cebu City police said they would ask motorists and passenger utility vehicle (PUV) drivers to check their vehicles at Pung-ol Sibugay before heading to their destinations.
Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador Jr., Cebu City police director, said this would determine whether or not the vehicles were road-worthy.
He said the wide space near Ayala Heights and their police outpost in Pung-ol Sibugay would be ideal for checking vehicles.
Comendador said they would raise this proposal in a dialogue with the LTO-7, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Cebu City Traffic Operations and Management (CITOM) office.
Billboards will be set up and two police personnel will be on standby to ask motorists and PUV drivers for the examnation, Comendador said.
For his part, Councilor Edgar Labella proposed that recognition be given to civilians, groups, police and military personnel who helped in the rescue of victims and recovery of the dead passengers in tomorrow's City Council session.
Incoming Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he wanted a committee to properly evaluate who should qualify for the recognition.
“We are not in a hurry to proceed but there will be an awards,” said Rama.
Rama said he received word that the Iranian embassy is now looking for videos taken before the accident. Police have in their custody a video camera that recorded the bus passengers prior to the crash.
Labella said recognition should be given to Balamban officials, the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation (Eruf), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and mountaineering and volunteer groups who joined in the retrieval operations. Correspondents Chris Ligan, Chito Aragon and Edison delos Angeles
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