Governor Jonvic Remulla ordered the Provincial Engineering Office to prioritize the accounting and dismantling of all condemned structures in Cavite. In a Facebook post on Monday, Aug. 1, Remulla said the order will be relayed to all municipal and city engineers. The governor's order came after...
DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – Authorities found Thursday, July 28, the last missing victim in the collapse of a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV on Tuesday evening, July 26. Barangay Information Officer April Rose Movido told the Manila Bulletin that the...
DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – The number of fatalities from the collapse of a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV on Tuesday evening, July 26, has risen to seven. Barangay Information Officer April Rose Movido confirmed with the Manila Bulletin the latest death...
DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – One person died, three were hurt, while seven remain missing after a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV collapsed Tuesday night, July 26. Barangay Information Officer April Rose Movido told the Manila Bulletin that as of 8:00 a.m. on...
ITOGON, Benguet – Three miners were rescued from a tunnel that collapsed in Sitio Pukis, Barangay Ampucao here Friday, July 22. The Itogon Municipal Police Station identified the survivors as Benedict Palen Abuan, 44, married, private miner; Frederick Palen Abuan, 35, also a private miner,...
A concrete wall collapsed on a group of construction workers in Tagaytay City on Monday night, July 11, which buried eight individuals including five of them who reportedly died due to injuries. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- At least four people were killed and another 30 seriously injured on Sunday when the grandstand at a bullring in Colombia collapsed during a popular event at which members of the public face off with small bulls, officials said. Aerial view of the collapsed grandstand in a...
The request of Obando Mayor-elect Leonardo "Ding" Valeda for the immediate repair of the collapsed dikes in Barangay Lawa, Obando, Bulacan was acted upon by the Second District Engineering Office of the Department Of Public Works and Highways, Rep. Henry Villarica, and Governor Daniel R. Fernando....
CEBU CITY -- The bridge in Catigbian town, Bohol collapsed because of overloading, authorities found out. A POLICEMAN looks at the Borja Bridge in Catigbian, Bohol that collapsed while a 12-wheel truck was crossing Thursday, June 16. (Photo contributed by Catigbian police) The Provincial...
CEBU CITY – A second bridge in Bohol collapsed in less than two months. A POLICEMAN looks at the Borja Bridge in Catigbian, Bohol that collapsed while a 12-wheel truck was crossing Thursday, June 16. (Photo contributed by Catigbian police) Nobody was harmed as the Borja Bridge in Barangay...
TEHRAN, Iran -- The death toll from the collapse of an Iranian building two weeks ago has risen to 41 after three more bodies were found, local authorities said Monday. The 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in Abadan in southwestern Khuzestan province collapsed on May 23,...
BEIJING, China -- Fifty-three people died in a building collapse in central China, authorities said Friday, announcing the end of the rescue mission in a disaster which has been blamed on illegal construction. The commercial building in Changsha city caved in last Friday, prompting over six days of...
