Around six stay-in employees were safely evacuated after a third-alarm fire broke out at a warehouse in Barangay Bagong Ilog, Pasig City, on Thursday night, Aug. 13. The Pasig City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (Pasig DRRMO) said the fire was raised to the first alarm at 9:56 p.m.,...
Puregold Price Club Inc., one of the largest grocery retailers in the country, reported an 11 percent increase in consolidated net income for the first half of the year on the back of robust sales growth and expanding profit margins. In a regulatory filing with the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
A robbery suspect was injured after falling from the roof of an old warehouse following a nearly one-hour chase with police officers he had threatened with a fake gun in Barangay Malanday, Valenzuela City, on Sunday, June 14. The suspect, identified only as alias “Rolly,” was pursued after...
CEBU CITY – Two men were arrested for robbing a warehouse and killing its caretaker in Barangay Guadalupe here on Wednesday morning, May 13. Police said robbery with homicide cases were filed against Jayson, a 30-year-old resident of Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, and 37-year-old Rocky, a...
Cosco Capital Inc., the retail holding company controlled by billionaire Lucio Co, reported a 22 percent increase in first-quarter profit as a recovery in consumer spending boosted sales across its grocery and liquor units. The firm said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange that net...
A fire struck a junk shop warehouse in Barangay San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City at 1:05 a.m. on Friday, April 24. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire broke out in the area near the entrance of Pascualer Village Homeowners Association in the said barangay. The incident was...
ROSALES, Pangasinan – The National Food Authority (NFA) held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday for the P280-million modernized warehouse that would have rice dryer and milling machines in Barangay Carmay East here. NFA Administrator Larry Lacson, in an interview, said the warehouse can...
Tycoon Lucio L. Co’s retail holding company Cosco Capital Inc. reported a 9.3-percent growth in consolidated net income to ₱7.6 billion for the first half of 2025 from the ₱6.97 billion earned in the same period last year as consumer spending continues to improve. In a disclosure to the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe has suspended the business permit of Next Step Fireworks Shop on Monday, July 1, after a powerful blast ripped through its warehouse and killed five people here on Saturday, June 29. READ:...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five persons were killed and 21 others were injured in an explosion in a firecracker warehouse here on Saturday, June 29. FIVE persons were killed in a firecracker warehouse explosion in Zamboanga City on June 29. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The loud explosion rocked...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has lifted the preventive suspension order earlier issued against 72 National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse supervisors who were reportedly involved in the low-priced sale of rice buffer stocks without the conduct of public bidding and prior approval by the NFA...
Two warehouses in the City of Meycauayan, Bulacan were gutted by a fire that raged from Tuesday night, Nov. 7, until Wednesday morning, Nov. 8. In an initial report by the Bulacan Provincial Fire Protection (BPFP), the warehouses, located in the boundaries of Barangays Langka and Libtong,...
