A fire struck Olympic Heights Tower 3 in Barangay Bagumbayan, Quezon City, on Thursday morning, June 18, quickly escalating to a third alarm as thick smoke engulfed the condominium and forced residents to rush out in panic. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire was first reported at...
The Angeles City government has formed a task force to investigate the recent building collapse here. Mayor Carmelo Lazatin II issued Executive Order No. 26 creating the Angeles City Fact-Finding and Investigation Task Force to conduct a thorough, impartial, and comprehensive inquiry over the...
Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has welcomed Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara 's directive for the conduct of structural inspections on schools affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that recently struck Mindanao. The June 8 earthquake damaged...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – The provincial government of Pampanga led by Gov. Lilia Pineda and Vice Gov. Dennis Pineda provided financial assistance to seven families affected by the recent collapse of a building in Angeles City. They received P20,000 each and 25 kilograms of rice during a...
As the nation marks the 128th Philippine Independence Day, SM Supermalls and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are strengthening their long-standing partnership by bringing employment opportunities closer to Filipinos through simultaneous job fairs nationwide. This June 12, SM and DOLE...
The newly completed four-storey building at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) Mabini Campus significantly expands access to quality, flexible higher education for thousands of Filipino students under the PUP Open University program. The building stands as a modern learning hub...
Surigao del Sur 1st district Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. is urging Malacañang to promptly certify as urgent the passage of the proposed new Philippine Building Act (PBA) following the widespread damage caused to infrastructure by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Sarangani and its nearby provinces....
The death toll in the Angeles City building collapse has reached 30 following the discovery of another body on Tuesday, June 9. The body was located at 12:02 a.m. and recovered at 12:16 a.m. The remains were turned over to the Angeles City Health Office (CHO) and the Management of the Dead and...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Responders on Monday night recovered the 29th fatality of the collapsed building here. The Unified Command said the victim was located at 9:17 p.m. and was successfully recovered at 9:37 p.m. The body was turned over to the Angeles City Health Office (CHO) and the...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Responders recovered a live chicken in the collapsed building here on Thursday, June 4. The chicken, found during the 12th day of search and retrieval operations, is believed to be owned by one of the workers affected by the incident. Responders said it may have been...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Two more bodies were recovered on Wednesday evening in the collapsed building here, bringing the death toll to 27. The Unified Command said the 26th body was extricated from the site at 6:38 p.m. and turned over to appropriate authorities at 7:14 p.m. for Disaster Victim...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga — Three more bodies were recovered from the collapsed structure in Barangay Balibago here on Wednesday morning, bringing the confirmed death toll to 24. The Unified Command said responders successfully extricated one victim, the 22nd, after 7 a.m. The second and...
