The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced the release of over P2 billion to acquire firetrucks and ambulances to enhance emergency response. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has approved the special allotment release order amounting to P2.880 billion for the Department of the...
(Concept art from Duke Frasco's Facebook) House Deputy Speaker Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco wants the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to start using helicopters in their firefighting operations. To explore this...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has denounced the reported confiscation of the personal belongings of a photojournalist while he was covering a land dispute in Silang, Cavite last April 20. Citing a report from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the CHR said that...
BACOLOD CITY – Forty-seven families composed of 144 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Purok Interior, Barangay 18, this city, on Saturday, April 13. A FIRE hits a residential area in Barangay 18, Bacolod City on Saturday, April 13. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) The Bureau of Fire...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas-Mindanao, in collaboration with the Philippine Information Agency-11, convened media practitioners in an information session to enhance industry awareness on financial consumer protection on March 21. THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas-Mindanao conducted...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged authorities to pursue and promote sustainable tourism development and strict compliance to environmental laws to protect the country’s natural heritage sites. Go made the call amid the growing concerns over the construction of a resort within the...
Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), OWWA Administrator Arnaldo "Arnell" Ignacio (center), and OWWA Deputy Administrator Mary Melanie "Honey" Quiño (right) inspect on Saturday night the OFW Lounge at Terminal 1 of NAIA. (Speaker's office) House Speaker...
BACOLOD CITY – Three temporary warehouses were razed by fire, causing P14-million worth of damage to property, in Upper East Megaworld, Barangay 41, this city, on Wednesday, December 13. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) cordons the area where three makeshift warehouses were razed by a fire in...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has asked the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to suspend its bidding for 120 fire trucks worth P1.5 billion on the suspicion that the bidding process is...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, November 5 urged state regulators to strengthen mechanisms for consumer protection amid the continuing proliferation of online fraudulent activities especially with the onset of the Christmas season. Gatchalian, in particular, urged the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has conceded to the plea of many liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) retailers in the country that their applications for license-to-operate (LTO) be continually processed despite an earlier enforcement of a deadline. The DOE had initially set July 7 this year as the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, September 21 filed the bill seeking to define the rights and fundamental freedoms of the country’s human rights defenders (HRDs). Hontiveros, in filing Senate Bill No. 2447 or the proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, stressed the importance...
