DND mishaps kill 2 truck drivers.
NEW DELHI: Two truck drivers lost their lives in the wee hours of morning in two separate accidents in the city on Tuesday. In the first accident on the DND flyway, Sarvan Tiwari (40) lost his life when the tempo that he was driving went and hit a stationary...

Truck drivers block highway repair.
MANGALORE: Life is getting tougher for contractors and labourers working at the Shiradi Ghat section of the Mangalore-Bangalore NH-48. All thanks to mine truck drivers taking the law into their hands. On Saturday night, the drivers of mine trucks, which entered Shiradi Ghat from Sakleshpur defying the...

Egge lays off cement truck drivers.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Egge Sand & Gravel laid off nine cement-mixer truck drivers on Wednesday, fallout from the recent acquisition of two local gravel companies by an Irish corporation. Oldcastle Materials, the U.S. holding company for the Irish construction materials conglomerate CRH, acquired...

On the road again: night and day, truck drivers keep the country rolling.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Every day, more than 2.7 million trucks hit the road to pick up and deliver goods. If they suddenly stopped running, some people estimate, the United States would face critical food, fuel, and medical supply shortages within just 48 hours. That's a point of pride...

Bridge warning signs alert vertically challenged truckers.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - CSX Corp. has paid $12,000 for flashy new yellow signs to warn tractor-trailers of the low railroad bridge over East Main Street. The low bridge is a frequent trouble spot for trucks whose drivers fail to read the old signs...

Bush's midnight regulations: the 43rd president may set yet another dubious record.
THE POLITICAL SCIENTIST James Pfiffner has compared the ability of a lame-duck president to achieve anything in his final months in office to "a balloon with a slow leak that shrinks with each passing week until it hits the ground" Yet in his waning hours, President George W. Bush...

DoLE 11 launches counseling center for displaced workers.
DAVAO CITY - The Region 11 office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE 11) will be launching its global financial crisis (GFC) employment and livelihood counseling center this week, it was learned yesterday. Jalilo dela Torre, DoLE 11 director, said the counseling center will be...

Rolland R. Largesse Sr.
CHARLTON Rolland R. Largesse Sr., 79, passed peacefully at home January 5, 2009 from complications of recent illness. His wife of 32 years Lillian M. ( Rocheleau), passed in 1981. He is survived by 5 children, Rolland " Rick " Jr. and his wife Betty of W. VA, Jack...

Heterosexual STI/HIV risk assessment among Bolivian truck drivers using mixed methodology.
Abstract In a study to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and sex behaviors in an occupation that facilitates high HIV transmission globally, 71 Bolivian truck drivers participated in a multiple method needs assessment, in four phases. In all phases, majority of truckers reported contact with casual sex partners. Fifty-two...

'82% of truck drivers menace on roads'.
Byline: Megha Suri NEW DELHI: Figure this. Just about 18% of truck drivers out on the road are actually fit to drive. A recent survey by Automobile Association of Upper India (AAUI), where over 30,500 truck drivers were subjected to tests of driving, reflexes and other necessary...