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(Eagle News) — A fire struck an SM Megamall construction site on Thursday, June 28. A report said the blaze began in the second or third basement of the site at 7:30 p.m. In a statement, SM Supermalls said only a portion of SM Megamall was “affected by the smoke coming from the site.” The fire reached the third alarm, with authorities still trying to determine what caused it. It was put out at 1:30 […]
(Eagle News)– A fire razed a residential area in Muntinlupa City on Monday, June 4. The fire hit more than 200 houses in Espeleta Pantalan, Brgy. Poblacion, leaving 400 families homeless. The flame immediately spread to adjacent houses as they were made of light materials. Residents reported hearing explosions as the blaze reached the third alarm. Bureau of Fire officials declared fire out at 1:57 p.m. Meanwhile, the local government of Muntinlupa, through the Social Service Department […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte removed Celestina Ma. Jude Dela Serna as interim chief of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Chief following accusations of excessive travels against her. PhilHealth Board Member Roy Ferrer was named acting chief of the agency by the President, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said in a letter. dated June 1. De la Serna incurred at least P627,000 worth of trips to and from Bohol and hotel stays even after only a year […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has fired government corporate counsel Rudolf Philip Jurado. Duterte made the announcement after the signing of the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act on Monday, May 28. “May I call the Government Corporate Counsel now? Are you in this (room)? Nandito ka? Kasi kung nandito ka, lumabas ka. You are fired,” Duterte said. “So you are just (like) Pagcor operating an independent entity with the same powers. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, May 19, said he would fire five other government officials. While he did not say who these were, he said one of them had asked the help of the presidential sister for a project. “Sabi ko, ‘tanggalin mo.’ Sabi ko, ‘fire him out.’ His violation? He violated my order na pagka ako ang minention or talking to my relatives, even on a conversation about a project only, t***, sisipain […]
(Eagle News)–Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has fired the head of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Tarlac province. In a statement, Tugade said he dismissed Rodel Yambao on Thursday, May 17, through an order coursed through LTO head Edgar Galvante after he was charged with possession of illegal drugs and a grenade. This was after a search of his house yielded nine sachets of suspected shabu, a grenade and bullets. “If you are involved in corruption, […]
(Eagle News) — Six people–four children and two mothers–were killed in a fire that hit a residential area in Paranaque on Wednesday, May 9. Authorities identified the fatalities as Marie Joy de Jesus, 27, and her children Jomari Canaria, 6, and Daniel Luis Canaria, 10; and De Jesus’ aunt Ana Donna Agrasada, 26, and her children Jake Angelo Amata, 3, and Jake Amata, 6. According to Senior Insp. Wilson Tana, Paranaque fire marshal, the fire hit the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 9, said he was “very sad” the very first persons “to go” from his government were the ones who prodded him to run for the presidency in the first place. “Early on, a Cabinet member,” he said after the presentation of the New Generation Currency (NGC) banknotes and coins at the Reception Hall of Malacañang. Duterte was apparently referring to then-Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno, whom he […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Forty-nine people were listed as still missing Wednesday after a 24-storey building occupied by squatters in central Sao Paulo was engulfed in fire and collapsed, the Brazilian city’s fire department said. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster on Tuesday only three were declared unaccounted for, including one man who was seconds from being successfully rescued by firefighters before the building suddenly crashed down. “The fire department is continuing to […]
by Johannes Myburgh Agence France Presse SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — A 24-storey building used by squatters in the center of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, collapsed early Tuesday after a blaze that tore through the structure, leaving at least three missing. Survivors described waking in the night to find themselves surrounded by flames and escaping with their children before the tower turned to rubble. Scores of homeless families were occupying the building, according to […]
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) — Ten people have been killed and dozens injured in a huge blaze at an illegal oil well in Indonesia, authorities said Wednesday. Several homes were also destroyed after an oil spill sparked a huge fire at about 1:30 am (1830 GMT Tuesday) in a residential area on Sumatra island’s Aceh province. It was still burning by early afternoon. “There was a group of people digging in the old well but suddenly […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A fire tore through a karaoke lounge in southern China on Tuesday, killing 18 people and injuring another five in a suspected arson case, police and state media said. The blaze took place after midnight in a three-storey building in Qingyuan City, Guangdong province, and was put out shortly before 1:00 am local time, according to the police. A preliminary investigation found that the fire was caused by arson, the Qingyuan public […]
