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In his explanation submitted to Gov. Hilario P. Davide III in reaction to this column dated March 7, 2018, questioning the release of confiscated Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) refilling machines among other items that served as evidence…
If you think that only concrete culverts are illegally brought out of the Balili property, think again. That’s because two sets of refilling machines for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), delivery trucks, canisters and LPG tanks also find…
Three illegal traders of butane products were arrested in Sitio Dancar, Danao City, Cebu on Thursday morning. The suspects were identified as Jose Marlito Mandolado, 53; and Benancio Balansag, 31, both from Sitio Dancar, Barangay Dunggoan of…
Employees of a butane canister–refilling station were arrested in a raid by police at Ouano Wharf in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City, at 3:45 p.m. last Sunday. Wellyn Boy Quilliopi Bacamo and common-law partner Rojane Mary Hipulan Galo,…
AUTHORITIES are now looking into what laws can be applied against the illegal refilling of butane canisters with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The Department of Energy in Central Visayas (DOE-7), the Cebu Provincial Environment and Natural Resources…
MINGLANILLA RAIDS Thousands of butane canisters, hundreds of tanks of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and butane refilling equipment were confiscated when authorities raided two warehouses which were used as a butane refilling “factory” in Minglanilla town in…
Cordova Mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho has ordered the police to confiscate all refilled butane canisters in the municipality. Last Wednesday and Thursday’s fire, believed to have started from a leaky butane canister, razed more than 40 houses,…
At least 527 pieces of butane canisters refilled with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and 105 pieces of empty butane canisters were seized by the police in a surprise inspection in sitio Lower Lipata, Barangay Linao, Minglanilla town,…
LAPU-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza in a meeting with police and barangay captains ordered the arrest of dealers of refilled butane canisters following two recent fires in the city. Refilled butane canisters, which are prohibited by a…
Public warned after reports initially blamed butane canisters as cause of Punta fire The Department of Energy-Visayas is calling on the public to stop patronizing refilled butane canisters in their homes in cooking food as they are…
Ten persons, including two 17-year-old minors, were arrested in a raid on a butane refilling plant in Talisay City, Cebu. The raid was conducted by a joint team from the Central Visayas regional offices of the Criminal…
A butane canister that caught fire damaged a house located inside the Bella Vista Subdivision in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City on Monday afternoon. Damage caused by the 30-minute fire was pegged at P300, 000. SFO1 Hadjiluden…
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