A massive search and rescue operation continued Monday for victims of a collapsed nine-story building in Barangay Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga. Three people were killed, 17 missing, and dozens were injured. Police said 47 individuals were affected by the incident as of 7:40 a.m....
The Philippine National Police (PNP) wants to find answers on why that building in Angeles City collapsed “in the interest of truth and accountability” but for now, Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the main focus is to save as many lives. Nartatez said they deployed a sufficient number...
The Pasig City government on Sunday, May 24, deployed 15 personnel to assist in search and rescue operations following the collapse of an under-construction nine-storey concrete building in Angeles City, Pampanga. It said the personnel were composed of members from its Fire and Rescue Unit and...
ANGELES CITY (AP) — A nine-story building under construction here collapsed before dawn on Sunday, leaving at least one Malaysian tourist dead and at least 21 mostly workers trapped in the rubble, officials said. Two were located alive but could not be immediately extricated. At least 24 workers...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Sunday, May 24, said it has been coordinating with local disaster officials as rescuers raced to locate dozens of workers feared trapped beneath a collapsed nine-story building under construction in Angeles City, Pampanga. OCD deputy spokesperson Diego Mariano...
A nine-storey building under construction in Angeles City, Pampanga collapsed early Sunday morning, May 24, with 22 workers managing to get out while others remain missing, police said. The building collapsed before dawn during a thunderstorm. Police Regional Office-3 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jess...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A massive avalanche of garbage at Indonesia’s largest landfill killed seven people after heavy overnight rain triggered a rubbish dump collapse, officials said Tuesday. More than 300 search-and-rescue personnel, using heavy machinery and sniffer dogs, were deployed to...
A heap of garbage collapsed at a privately owned landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal, prompting search and rescue operations to find three missing scavengers who were believed to have been buried alive, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) confirmed on Sunday, Feb. 22. The collapse at the Rizal Provincial...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has activated its full worker protection and compensation system to provide immediate and long-term support to victims and bereaved families of the deadly Binaliw landfill collapse in Cebu City as rescue operations concluded. Under the Employees’...
Mayon Volcano continues to exhibit heightened magmatic activity, characterized by persistent lava dome effusion and collapse, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In the past 24 hours, Phivolcs recorded two volcanic earthquakes, 72 rockfalls, and 100...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Tuesday, January 6, raised Mayon Volcano’s alert status from Level 2 to Alert Level 3, signaling an increased likelihood of a hazardous eruption. In an advisory, Phivolcs said that since the volcano’s alert was elevated to...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has called on the Senate to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the status of all state bridges nationwide. Estrada, in filing Senate Resolution No. 153, said it is imperative to look into the condition and structural integrity of bridges nationwide following the...
