By DIANN IVY CALUCIN A total of 489 families affected by recent fires in Manila received financial assistance at Bulwagang Katipunan in Manila City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Manila Public Information Facebook Live/MANILA BULLETIN Manila City Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan led the distribution of cash...
BAGUIO CITY -- The Baguio City Fire Department logged 15 fire incidents from April to August this year, a 15.38 percent increase, compared to the 13 in the same period in 2021. Supt. Nestor Gorio, city fire marshall, encouraged the public to practice fire safety as arson investigators found out...
Children distressed by a fire that broke out in Barangay Balingasa and Barangay Apolonio Samson in Quezon City received additional psychological first aid (PFA) from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). Philippine Red Cross In a statement, PRC said that 59 children participated in child-friendly...
The crediting of benefit proceeds and pensions for members and pensioners will be delayed said the Social Security System (SSS) on Friday, Sept. 16. (SSS Main Office / File Photo) This is due to the ongoing restoration of connectivity between SSS servers and its partner disbursement banks after a...
A fire broke out at the personnel barracks of the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Tuesday afternoon, Sept 13. Fire (File photo) Col. Jorry Baclor, chief of AFP public affairs office, said the blaze started at the compound of the...
A fire gutted a one-storey personnel barracks at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Monday, Sept. 13. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office said the fire was raised to first alarm at around 5:56 p.m. It was declared under...
Three people were hurt in a fire that burned around 390 houses along Don Manuel Street in Brgy. Balingasa, Quezon City on Thursday morning, Sept. 8. The Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) identified the victims as John Roberto Castillo, 20, who sustained an abrasion on his right thumb; Melbert...
A fire gutted a cigarette warehouse in Marikina City on Thursday morning, Sept. 8, blanketing a part of the city in acrid smoke, and prompting the local government to advise residents and the general public to stay indoors. The cigarette warehouse that was hit by a fire is located at 1049 JP Rizal...
Three children died in a fire that gutted a residential area at the corner of South 17 and Father Martinez Streets, Brgy. Obrero, in Quezon City early Thursday morning, Sept. 8. Senior Fire Officer 3 Rolando Valena of the Quezon Fire District (QCFD), investigator on case, said the two victims who...
Two separate fires hit residential areas in Manila on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 7. Fire at Villafojas St., in Tondo, Manila on Sept. 7, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Manila DRRMO) According to the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), the fire on Villafojas St. in Tondo, hit the...
HANOI, Vietnam -- The death toll from a fire that tore through a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam has risen to 32, state media said Wednesday. This picture taken on September 6, 2022 and released on September 7 by the Vietnam News Agency shows firefighters at the scene of a deadly fire that engulfed...
An online user was not happy that Amy Perez tried to continue with her work for Teleradyo's “Sakto”despite the fire that occurred at the ABS-CBN compound on Tuesday. "Very reckless. I'm not bashing her. I'm concern(ed) with her safety," the netizen related. Amy quickly explained her side. She...
