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...
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...
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 smoke drifting across Metro Manila from the recent Navotas landfill fire is a clear warning sign. The number of incidents linked to sanitary landfills, from persistent fires to catastrophic collapses, underscores a system under considerable strain. These events are not isolated incidents but...
Nearly half of the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill in Navotas has been contained, with no definite timeline for when it will be fully extinguished. This was according to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon, who returned to the site after two weeks. "According...
A Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Expert Team has arrived in the Philippines to assist authorities in responding to the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, the Japanese Embassy in Manila said. The JDR team, which comprises seven members from various Japanese institutions, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino...
Metro Manila 's air quality has improved as emissions from the Navotas City landfill fire ease amid ongoing containment and suppression efforts, with Bulacan seeing similar gains. The Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-EMB) reported...
The Navotas City government reported major progress in battling the old landfill fire, with intensified soil-smothering operations driving down fire spots and signaling stronger control of the blaze. Mayor John Rey Tiangco said soil covering has reached about 27 percent, or 8.13 hectares of the...
