Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 22:00:00 +0000
President Duterte wants an expanded mandate for firemen to include their participation in the government’s anti-insurgency operations.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:57:25 +0000
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said municipalities and cities in the Philippines are facing a shortage of fire
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 21:02:25 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Fire Protection is investigating whether a cigarette thrown away by a Chinese tenant caused the fire at First Pacific Coast Plaza condominium that killed a resident.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:52:22 +0000
AN elderly woman was found dead while six others were injured in a fire that hit a high-rise residential building in Paranaque City on Monday, police said. Police, with the…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:50:14 +0000
About 150 children from different schools on Thursday joined the fun learning activities of the Kiddie Fire Safety Roadshow held by the Bureau of Fire Protection at a mall here.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:10:16 +0000
The Sandiganbayan has denied the request of a fire officer to dismiss evidence against him in the Kentex factory fire in Valenzuela City.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:19:36 +0000
Four Quezon City officials and five officers of the Manor Hotel have been convicted of charges arising from a 2001 blaze that killed 75.
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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:50:09 +0000
The Bureau of Fire Protection will have 266 new fire trucks from the Department of the Interior and Local Government, which are set to be distributed this year and next year to key cities and municipalities nationwide.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:29:23 +0000
FIRE hit a residential area in Quezon City on Monday, damaging 150 homes made of light materials and leaving 450 families homeless, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. The…READ
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 07:00:20 +0000
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) recorded a lower number of fire incidents for the first two months of 2019.
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