(Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA BULLETIN) The sheer history and heritage carried by the Manila Central Post Office of reason enough to rebuild it following the disastrous fire that struck it over the weekend. Thus, said Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Tuesday, May 23, adding...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) They'd better not erect a condominium on the site of the burned down Manila Central Post Office building. This was practically Rowena Guanzon's concern on Monday, May 22 after the whole country saw the historic edifice in the heart of Manila slowly get consumed by...
Biglang Awa Caloocan Fire & Rescue Volunteer Brigade, Inc. A fire hit at least six houses on B. Santos Street in Barangay 34, Maypajo, Caloocan City, on Monday, May 22. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was declared first alarm at 5:32 p.m. and second alarm at 5:54 p.m. It...
The Central Post Office Building in Manila, was a beautiful and historic building. It was built in the early 1900s, and since then, its striking neoclassical architecture was a monument to the Filipino progress in history. The Post Office Building has survived a world war, but on May 22, 2023, a...
Citing the need to improve preservation and protection measures for the country's cultural properties, Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Monday, May 22, sought a Senate probe into the fire that razed the Manila Central Post Office today. Padilla filed Senate Resolution 627 directing the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- At least 19 youths were killed and several injured in a school dormitory blaze in Guyana, the tiny South American country's fire brigade said on Monday. It is not yet known how the fire started Sunday in a dormitory housing girls aged 11-12 and 16-17, a person who helped the...
(Arnold Quizol/ MANILA BULLETIN) Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. says the Philippine Postal Corporation must do all it can to reach out to the Filipinos whose mail and packages were reduced to ashes during the fire that struck the Manila Central Post Office building on Monday, May...
On May 22, 2023, a massive fire broke out at the Manila Central Post Office. The fire, which started at around 11:45 p.m., quickly spread through the building and was not brought under control until more than seven hours later. The fire caused extensive damage to the building, destroying much of its...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has called for a reconstruction of the razed Manila Central Post Office building even as its embers have hardly cooled down. "Government should rebuild the National Post Office Building. Fast, and not...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) To say that Professor Clarita Carlos is devastated by the apparent destruction of the Manila Central Post Office building by fire is a massive understatement. "My sadness is in full throttle as I watch this building, built during the American occupation, buried even...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan wants the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to finally put an end to the perennial backlog on fire trucks in the country. In a public hearing of the House Committee on Public Order on Tuesday,...
Two fishermen were injured when a fishing vessel suddenly caught fire and eventually sank off Cuyo, Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Tuesday, May 16. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard Station Eastern Palawan) The PCG said that FV Victor 89, a fiber-made fishing vessel owned...
