Tag: Davao mall

Authorities identify 36 of 37 recovered bodies from Davao mall fire

  Authorities have already identified 36 of the reported 37 bodies recovered from the NCCC mall fire in Davao City. As of 2:40 a.m. Dec. 27, only one of the 37 bodies recovered over the weekend remains to be identified. Another missing person, the 38th, in the local government’s official list has yet to be found. In the official list, they named the 36 positively-identified victims as: 1. Sismar, Jeffrey 2. Bongcayao, Mary Louielyn 3. […]

Death toll in Davao mall fire rises to 38

(Eagle News) — The number of fatalities in the fire that hit a mall in Davao City on Saturday rose to 38 early Wednesday, after authorities confirmed that a person who had been declared as missing had passed away in the deadly fire. New City Commercial Center mall employee Melvin Ga-a added to the list of the dead in the tragic incident that saw President Rodrigo Duterte rushing to the scene to console the bereaved […]

“No cover-up” – President Duterte assures thorough probe in Davao mall blaze

  President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, December 25, vowed to conduct a thorough investigation into the New City Commercial Center (NCCC) shopping mall fire which killed at least 37 people in Davao City, even as he assured that there will be no cover-up in the probe. In a private meeting with the families of the victims at Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) here, President Duterte said there will be an inter-agency body to investigate the […]

More than 30 dead in Davao mall fire; criminal probe on

  by Ferdinandh Cabrera Agence France Presse Firemen Monday found the bodies of “around” 36 people after a deadly blaze at a shopping mall in Davao, a fire official said as the government launched a criminal investigation. The discovery raised to 37 the confirmed death toll from the NCCC shopping mall fire in the city of Davao on Mindanao island. The Davao region chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Wilberto Rico Neil Kwan Tiu, […]

President Duterte visits kin of Davao mall fire victims

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited  the kin of the victims of a Davao mall fire that broke out on Saturday. The President reportedly stayed with the relatives who were anxiously waiting for any development. The President left around 4 a.m. on Sunday. More than 30 people are believed to ave died after a blaze hit the New City Commercial Corporation Mall Davao at the corner of Mac Arthur Highway and MAA road.