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MANILA, Philippines, May 15 (Eagle News) — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said that they will conduct repairs and road reblocking in eight areas of Metro Manila. Road works will start on Friday (May 16) at 1O:00 p.m. and will last until 5:00 am on Monday (May 18). (Eagle News Service Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, May 15 (Eagle News) — Senate Blue Ribbon Subcommittee Chair Senator Aquilino Pimentel III recommends cite in contempt for the nineteen resource persons on the corruption allegations against Vice President “Jejomar” Binay for continued refusal to appear before Senate hearings. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MAY 15 (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) administratively relieved fire chief Supt. Mel Jose Lagan along with Senior Insp. Ed-Groover Oculam as authorities started their investigation on what caused the fire on a slipper factory that killed at least 72 persons and some still missing. Chief Superintendent Mel Jose Lagan and Senior Inspector Ed-Groover Oculam were heads of the local fire station’s section in charge of ensuring compliance with the Country’s […]
MAY 15 (Eagle News) — Philippine authorities said they would have to resort to doing DNA identification on the remains of those who died in a factory fire, as the death toll from Wednesday’s fire in a Valenzuela slipper factory rose to 72. Those who died from the fire were not recognizable anymore as they were reduced to mere skull and bones, according to authorities “Nakita na nila yung mga bangkay doon sa factory site, […]
MAY 14 — In a speech that he made in the United States (US) capital, the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Albert Del Rosario asked for the help of the country’s long-time ally on the matter of Chinese reclamation in the West Philippine Sea. (Washington DC, United States of America) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, May 14 (Eagle News) — In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, Mayor Rex Gatchalian gives an update regarding the casualties that resulted from the huge fire incident in the rubber slipper factory in Valenzuela City. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MAY 14, (Eagle News) — The province of Albay was hit by two successive earthquakes, with the first earthquake registering magnitude 4.8 in the Richter scale and the second quake registering magnitude 4.7 in the Richter scale. (Albay, Philippines) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
VALENZUELA City, Philippines, May 14 (Eagle News) — The city government of Valenzuela aims to finish its recovery of the bodies of the workers trapped in the burned-down factory in the said city. The recovery operations were stopped last night due to the danger posed by the weakening of the building. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, May 14 (Eagle News) — In a show of respect, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) placed its flags on half-mast in honor of the former Philippine Ambassador to Pakistan Domingo Lucenario Jr., who died in a helicopter crash. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, May 14 (Eagle News) — Gabriela representative Emmy De Jesus asked the Congress to prioritize the passage of the occupational safety bill, saying that the recent fire in a factory in Valenzuela should serve as a wake-up call for the need of such proposed law. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
MANILA, Philippines, MAy 14 (Reuters) — The families of missing factory workers waited outside a burnt-out building in the Philippine capital, on Thursday (May 14) as police investigators removed further bodies following a fire that killed over 30 people. The fire broke out at the two-storey rubber footwear factory building of Kentex Manufacturing Inc on Wednesday (May 13), trapping dozens of workers inside. Ariel Barayuga, head of Bureau of Fire Protection, said investigators were trying […]
MAY 14 (DOLE) — “Vacationing migrant workers, or OFWs, returning to their overseas destinations may already pay their PhilHealth premium contributions at the PhilHealth counters at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) starting April 1, 2015,” said Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz. According to Baldoz, the POEA has advised PhilHealth that payments for overseas employment certificates (OECs) will no longer include PhilHealth premium contributions so they may avoid long queues. “OFWs should pay their PhilHealth premium […]
