Fifteen families, or 55 individuals, were forced to leave their homes after a fire tore through a residential area along Marzan Street in Barangay 453, Sampaloc, Manila, as heavy rain poured over the city Monday night, Aug. 10. One woman sustained a foot injury as residents evacuated while the fire...
Amid the inclement weather, the already fragile Visayas grid has been placed on its fourth red alert since July, according to National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). NGCP announced on Monday, Aug. 10, that Visayas would be on red alert until 9 p.m., while a yellow alert would follow from 9...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday, Aug. 5, lowered Mayon Volcano 's alert status from Alert Level 3 (intensified unrest) to Alert Level 2 (moderate unrest) after monitoring showed a sustained decline in volcanic unrest since late July. The active...
An 11-month-old baby was among five people who died after a fire swept through a two-story apartment building in Barangay 8 before dawn Sunday, August 2. The fatalities, three females and two males, included a mother and her child, who were trapped inside as flames spread through the structure....
At least 32 families, or 122 individuals, were displaced after a third-alarm fire hit a residential area in Dagupan Extension, Gagalangin, Tondo before dawn on July 29. The fire broke out at around 4:09 a.m. and quickly escalated, reaching the third alarm by 4:47 a.m. as flames spread across...
Access constraints may have affected the response to the P5-million fire that hit a residential building in Paco, Manila before dawn on July 29, even as authorities look into a possible electrical cause of the blaze. The fire broke out at Building 1 of Residencias de Manila on Jesus Street at...
Two separate fires, both reaching the third alarm, broke out in Paco and Tondo, Manila, before dawn on Wednesday, July 29, prompting a massive response from firefighters and volunteer fire brigades. The first fire broke out at Building 1 of Residencias de Manila in Paco at around 3:40 a.m. The...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Bulusan Volcano 's seismic activity increased on Tuesday, July 28, after 109 volcanic earthquakes were recorded since midnight. In an advisory issued at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Phivolcs said almost all of the earthquakes were...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned on Friday, July 17, that communities south and east of Mayon Volcano may experience light ashfall as the active volcano continued to emit ash. Phivolcs said the ash emission was caused by the continuing advance and collapse of...
Two separate fires hit residential areas in Tondo, Manila, on July 14, displacing more than a thousand individuals and damaging dozens of homes, authorities said. The first and larger blaze broke out along Dagupan Extension in Gagalangin at around 4:01 p.m. and was raised to the first alarm by...
Police forces across the country were placed under heightened alert in anticipation of the adverse effects of typhoon “Inday”, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. Police Col. Jonathan Abella, chief of the Community Affairs Division of the Directorate for Police Community...
Panay Energy Development Corp. successfully synchronized the third unit of its coal-fired power plant back to the Visayas power grid on Thursday, July 2, completing repairs ahead of schedule to help ease the prolonged electricity crisis in the region. In a statement, MGEN Thermal Energy Inc. said...
