Van of butane

12/17/2015

DOE to fine butane station owner, but no mass confiscation

Marc Eric Cosep 11/26/2015

THE Department of Energy (DOE) will file an administrative case against the owner of the butane refilling station whose eight employees were injured by a butane canister explosion last November 3. ( Read :Eight injured in butane…

DOE sets crackdown against LPG refillers using butane cans

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Vanessa Claire Lucero 11/20/2015

The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking the help of the police and the Cebu City inter-agency task force in going after enterprises and individuals who refill butane canisters with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). DOE 7 has…

Patangtangi’g lisensiya si doktora!

Lloyd Suarez 11/15/2015

Wa nako matingala dihang gianunsiyo ni Gov. Junjun Davide nga iyang ipataktak sa serbisyo pinaagi sa pagputol na sa kontrata isip job order employee si Dra. Agnes Demano, ang kontrobersiyal nga doctor sa Minglanilla District Hospital nga…

‘DON’T KILL BUSINESS’

Marc Eric Cosep 11/13/2015

LPG refillers lobby to have cans tested as ‘safe’ It’s cheap, handy and everywhere. While the refilling of LPG in butane canisters is banned as a fire hazard,  the widespread use and sale of these portable cooking…

Consumer safety

Editorial 11/13/2015

If even one of her employees died,  Amor Pelenia’s butane canister-refilling operations would have been immediately shut down by the Cebu City government. A circular of the Department of Energy bans the refilling of LPG in single-use…

Refilled butane canister bears ‘Type O’ campaign sticker

Marc Eric Cosep 11/06/2015

A REFILLED butane canister that allegedly bore a “Type O” sticker was bought by the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council yesterday.   CCDRRMC research and planning chief Harold Alcotin said he went to barangay Tejero…

Refilled butane gas canisters

10/26/2015

A motorcycle driver passes along M.J. Cuenco Ave., Cebu City with refilled butane gas canisters. The Department of Energy has prohibited the use of refilled butane gas canisters for cooking as it may cause explosion and fire.…

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