GENEVA, Switzerland -- Scientists advising the World Health Organization on how to move forward investigating the origins of Covid-19 said Thursday further studies were needed into whether the disease escaped from a lab. In its first preliminary report, the so-called Scientific Advisory Group for...
Six persons were rushed to the hospital after inhaling ammonia that leaked from an ice plant in Northbay Boulevard, Navotas City on Tuesday morning, April 5. Insp. Pedrito Polo, Bureau of Fire Protection- Navotas (BFP- Navotas) chief of investigation, told Manila Bulletin that three of the victims...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Residents of the northern Ukrainian town of Novoselytsya should seek shelter after an ammonia leak at a nearby chemical factory, an official said Monday, as intense fighting with Russian forces in the area continues. Sumy regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said there had been an...
The Manila Bulletin (MB) will comply with an order issued by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to attend a "clarificatory meeting" on Jan. 25, 2022, where it will present pieces of evidence it was able to obtain regarding the alleged breach of Commission on Election (Comelec) servers. Manila...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is now investigating the reported hacking and data breach on servers of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB In a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 12, NPC Commissioner John Henry D. Naga said the poll body was ordered to appear for a "clarificatory...
Authorities are investigating gas leak at BF Homes in Las Pinas City on Dec. 21. Fire Officer 1 Christian Lagua of the Las Pinas Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the gas leak occurred at the house of one Eve Gabiola at 905 CRM Ave. corner Gloria St., BF Homes, Las Pinas City. Lagua said the gas...
Residents and officials of Navotas City were alarmed due to an ammonia leak in an ice plant on North Bay Boulevard in Barangay NBBS at around 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18. Photo courtesy of Bfp Navotas Ncr Piu Facebook Page/ MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook post, the Bureau of Fire Protection in...
An unprecedented leak of financial records known as the Pandora Papers has revealed the offshore financial assets of dozens of current and former world leaders and hundreds of politicians from Asia and the Middle East to Latin America. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists...
A water pipe breakage has caused a temporary water service interruption in parts of a barangay in San Juan City on Monday. In a Facebook advisory from Manila Water, parts of barangay Sta. Lucia are affected by the pipe breakage at J. Asinas cor. P. Parada St. in barangay Sta. Lucia. "Our technical...
The construction of a building in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig is temporarily suspended following a gas leak explosion that injured one person Wednesday night. “Construction in the site will remain suspended pending investigation and safety assessment,” the Taguig City government said in a...
NEW YORK, United States -- Water leak at one of the control towers at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday evening caused the delays or cancellations of hundreds of flights, according to media reports on Sunday. Nearly 300 flights were reportedly delayed or diverted....
Authorities are looking into the reported ammonia leak that occurred in a cold storage facility in Barangay Dagat-Dagatan, Caloocan City Wednesday night. Bureau of Fire Protection National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) said the leak was traced to a secondary valve on the second floor of the 3-storey...
