Six vehicles destroyed in fire caused by school bus, truck collision in Talisay

Carmel Loise Matus 08/10/2016

SIX vehicles were destroyed in a fire caused by the collision between a school bus and an Isuzu Elf truck that was transporting butane canisters in barangay San Isidro, Talisay City at 6:22 a.m. Wednesday. Chief Insp.…

One killed, two hurt in Lapu, Talisay fires

Carmel Loise Matus, Norman V. Mendoza 03/21/2016

TWO persons were injured when a fire burned down 100 houses and damaged 15 others in sitio Pungsod, Barangay Lawaan III in Talisay City at past 10 am yesterday. The Talisay City fire occurred hours after a…

Butane explosion causes Talisay fire

Carmel Loise Matus 03/21/2016

Fire investigators initially said a butane explosion caused the fire earlier this morning at Sitio Pungsod, Brgy. Lawaan III in Talisay City. Randy Mendaros, Talisay City Fire Marshal told Cebu Daily News that the butane explosion occurred…

Lapu-Lapu tackles butane ordinance

Norman V. Mendoza 12/30/2015

SOME owners of LPG refilling stations, distributors and vendors of refilled butane canisters opposed a proposed ban on  butane refills.  They aired their sentiments the  first public hearing of a proposed ordinance at the Lapu-Lapu city session…

Consumer safety

Editorial 11/24/2015

What was supposed to be a simple, straightforward campaign to eliminate the use of refilled butane canisters became politicized when the cans were plastered with campaign slogans. The discovery of some butane canisters refilled with LPG gas…

No butane blast in Mambaling fire

Apple Ta-as 11/24/2015

Fire investigators ruled out that the recent fire in barangay Mambaling was caused by a butane canister explosion. SFO4 Roylin Maratas, fire investigator, said that Nelson Padica executed an affidavit that the fire started with a ceiling…

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…

Mayor disowns ‘Rama’ can,stove

11/14/2015

Is Mayor Michael Rama endorsing  LPG–refilled butane canisters and butane stoves? He scoffed at the idea yesterday, saying he would never put the lives of people in danger that way. A photo of a stove and canister…

‘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…

Butane refilling stations ‘illegal’

Marc Eric Cosep 11/11/2015

CEBU City Councilor Dave Tumulak yesterday said butane refilling stations that have not complied with the safety standards set by the Department of Energy (DOE) are considered illegal. “We are assuming that all refilling stations have not…

DOE, City Hall to push info drive on butane cans

Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2015

A one-week information campaign will be held in the barangays  before Cebu City takes drastic action and confiscates and arrests vendors and distributors of  refilled butane canisters, which are illegal. “We haven’t started yet. We are only…

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