Relief assistance was given to 227 families affected by the fire that razed Sitio Bagjaoan, Barangay Wawa in Batangas City, the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) said. (File Photo / Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor) “Ang patuloy na paghahatid ng relief assistance sa mga...
India women journalists take the spotlight in a male-dominated field A CALLING Suneeta works as a journalist We got to see the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award winner, Writing with Fire , one of 15 feature documentaries shortlisted at the...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla The 2019 Southeast Asian Games was a major success for the athletes and officials that persevered to make the hosting of the biennial meet an unforgettable moment in history. But as the country grapples from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the woes extending...
At least 15 houses were destroyed when a fire hit a residential area in Taguig on Wednesday, Jan. 26. According to a report by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Taguig, the fire started in the house of Anabel Vetonio at 210 Paso St., Barangay Bagumbayan. The fire razed about 15 houses in Taguig...
The Sibol national team is set to compete in all esports titles in the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Photo from Sibol After conducting Phase 1 of the Sibol national team qualifiers for titles Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Crossfire last week, the...
National and local government offices that were affected by the fire at a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa have resumed operations but in different locations. A fire hit the Starmall Alabang mall last Jan. 8 that took 33 hours for firefighters to extinguish. Several government agencies that were...
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Cameroon's government said Sunday that 16 people were killed in a fire caused by fireworks in a nightclub in the capital Yaounde, the tragedy occurring as the nation hosts the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament. "The initial report shows 16 dead and eight...
A fire burned down three houses in Pateros early morning on Wednesday, Jan. 19. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Pateros, they received a phone call from a concerned citizen about the fire, which started at about 5:23 a.m. in Sitio Pagkakaisa on Ragas Street in Barangay Sta. Ana....
A fire razed two establishments inside a subdivision in Barangay Putatan, Muntinlupa on Jan. 15. The Muntinlupa City Fire Station responded to an industrial fire at Block 1 Lot 10 Rupee St., Villa Carolina Subdivision. The fire in Barangay Tunasan, Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa Firefighters) Firefighters...
Around 100 houses were destroyed by a fire that hit Phase 1, Purok 12, Barangay Payatas, in Quezon City on Monday night, Jan. 10. One resident, identified as Carlos Tapas, 32, sustained minor injuries. The blaze was raised to first alarm at around 6:08 p.m. and to second alarm at 6:23 p.m., the...
The satellite offices of the Muntinlupa City government at Starmall Alabang, which was hit by a fire last Jan. 8, temporarily stopped operations. According to the city government, the satellite offices which stopped operations starting on Jan. 10 are the Muntinlupa Persons with Disability Affairs...
It took 245 fire trucks and 1,082 firefighters to put out the blaze that hit a popular shopping mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa last Jan. 8. A fire hit the Starmall Alabang shopping mall with the first alarm raised by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Muntinlupa at 3:40 a.m. on Jan. 8. BFP personnel...
