Five hundred unemployed Navotas residents will soon gain short-term livelihood opportunities through the city’s Project LAWA at BINHI Cash-for-Work 2026, after all available slots were filled on Thursday, June 18. The program, now closed to new applicants, will provide temporary work in urban...
The local government units of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela cities joined the Second Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill on Thursday, June 18, to strengthen disaster preparedness and emergency response in their communities. In Caloocan City, Mayor Dale Gonzalo “Along”...
Navotas Mayor John Rey Tiangco and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. led the Brigada Eskwela 2026 kickoff at Kapitbahayan Elementary School on Tuesday, June 2. The city government said it ensured the safety and security of all attendees, especially students, during the activity. The...
President Marcos has thanked Japan for promptly deploying a team of experts during the weeks-long fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill. Marcos noted Japan’s immediate deployment of technical experts to help address the incident in his opening remarks during the bilateral meeting with Prime...
President Marcos has assured communities affected by the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill that there will be no repeat of the incident that affected residents in Malabon and Obando, Bulacan. During his visit in Obando on Thursday, May 21, to lead the distribution of government assistance,...
Three female family members, including a pregnant woman and a nine-year-old child, died in a fire that struck a residential area in Barangay Tangos South, Navotas City on Thursday, May 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fatalities were a 45-year-old mother, her 20-year-old...
A five-year-old boy who was stabbed and beaten in Navotas City last March has died after weeks of treatment, police confirmed, as his grieving parents shared heartbreaking tributes online. The child, identified as “Francis,” succumbed to severe neck and abdominal wounds at 11:45 p.m. on...
Air quality around the Navotas Sanitary Landfill has significantly improved following last month’s fire incident, but water quality monitoring near the facility yielded “not good” results, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Monday, May 11. The DENR said...
A month after the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill reportedly broke out, all monitored areas in Metro Manila recorded “good” air quality levels for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Sunday, May 10. Citing PM2.5 data as of...
The Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc. (CFBCI) donated relief goods to support workers responding to the Navotas City Landfill fire. Mayor John Rey Tiangco and CFBCI officials attended the turnover ceremony for relief donations at Navotas City Hall on Tuesday, May 5. Among those present were...
The Navotas City government has intensified efforts to contain the fire at the old landfill, with responders working round the clock despite difficult terrain slowing progress. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)–Japan Disaster Response Expert Team (JDR), in its exit briefing,...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has done daily monitoring of satellite data since the Navotas landfill fire reportedly broke out on 10 April 2026. Coinciding with reports on Tuesday (28 April) that significant progress has been made in suppressing the fire, satellite data shows that nitrogen...
