DZIQ: LTFRB may suspend operations of bus firm involved in teen actor’s death

MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board may suspend operations of the bus firm involved in the accident that resulted in the death of a young actor, a Radyo Inquirer report said Monday.

LTFRB board member lawyer Manuel Iway was quoted in the report as saying that the board was considering slapping the Partas bus company with a 30-day suspension after one of its buses figured in the accident that killed ABS-CBN talent Antonilo Joseph Perez better known as AJ Perez in Tarlac Sunday.

In the report, Iway said that bus operators should religiously check the conditions of their drivers and buses before allowing them to travel.

Perez, 18, was killed on the spot after the van he was riding collided with a Partas bus in Moncada, Tarlac.

Perez was on his way back to Manila with several others after a show in Dagupan City.

For the report, listen to Radyo Inquirer, DZIQ 990.