Lapu-Lapu traffic group: No more vehicles carrying butane canisters

Norman V. Mendoza 09/23/2016

THE City Traffic Management System (CTMS) of Lapu-Lapu City has not spotted anymore vehicles carrying refilled butane canisters in the city’s streets. Mario Napoli, assistant traffic head of CTMS, told Cebu Daily News they no longer spotted…

Lapu receives DOE list, to monitor LPG outlets

Norman V. Mendoza 09/14/2016

LAPU-LAPU City Hall received a list of LPG outlets that hold valid Standards Compliance Certificate (SCC) from the regional Department of Energy (DOE-7). Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza said the list will serve as basis for monitoring…

No trucks delivering butane in Lapu, say officials

Norman V. Mendoza 09/12/2016

  AS far as the City Traffic Management System (CTMS) in Lapu-Lapu City is concerned, there have been no trucks transporting refilled butane canisters since they enforced the ban last Monday. Lily Amplayo, CTMS desk officer, said…

Lapu monitors vehicles for refilled butane canisters

Norman V. Mendoza 09/06/2016

TRAFFIC enforcers started monitoring vehicles carrying refilled butane canisters but were unable to spot or apprehend any in Lapu-Lapu City’s streets yesterday. Liliy Amplayo, desk officer of the Lapu-Lapu City Traffic Management System (CTMS), said all traffic…

Provincial Board to also ban refilled butane canisters

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/27/2016

CITING recent accidents, the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) may yet pass an ordinance banning the refilling of butane canisters as well as its transport and sale all over the province. The proposal by PB member Glenn Bercede,…

Anti-butane refilling ordinance for implementation soon

Norman V. Mendoza 08/26/2016

It all started with three fire incidents last year that were all sparked by refilled butane canisters. Then followed by another blaze last week in the densely populated community of Sitio Arca, Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City which…

Enforce ban on refilled butane canisters – Radaza

Norman V. Mendoza 08/17/2016

Lapu-Lapu Mayor Paz Radaza is seeking the immediate implementation of an existing ordinance prohibiting the refilling of butane canisters and its sale, use and transport after finding out that it caused the rapid spread of the fire…

Safety over profit

08/17/2016

The explosion caused by butane canisters carried by a truck that crashed into a car display center in Talisay City last Aug. 9 as well as last Monday’s fire in Sitio Arca, Barangay Pusok in Lapu-Lapu City…

BUTANE FANS FIRE

Norman V. Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/16/2016

DOE orders probe on use of refilled butane canisters  The danger of using refilled butane canister came to the fore anew following a six-hour fire that hit a densely populated community in Sitio Arca, Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu…

Tumulak refiles ban on refilling butane canisters

Nestle L. Semilla 08/16/2016

A series of butane-related fires has prompted Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak to again push for the passage of an ordinance banning the manufacture, sale or distribution of refilled butane canisters which is considered to be an…

Butane canisters spark road fire, calls to ban refilling renewed

Carmel Loise Matus, Rabboni Centino Borbon, Rene F. Alima 08/11/2016

A delivery truck loaded with butane canisters exploded early morning yesterday at the South Coastal Road near the South Road Properties (SRP) after it rammed into a school bus, leaving behind a trail of destruction which a…

Tumulak alarmed over butane-caused explosion

Rabboni Centino Borbon 08/10/2016

Acting Cebu City Vice Mayor David Tumulak voiced alarm over the explosion caused by refilled-butane gas canisters that were destroyed in a collision between a delivery truck and a school bus in Talisay City Wednesday morning. “Butane…

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