TUGUEGARAO CITY — The collapse of Piggatan Bridge in Alcala, Cagayan, on Monday afternoon was likely triggered by four heavily loaded trucks carrying rice and corn. The bridge, a vital link to downstream towns, collapsed at around 5 p.m.,…
BEIJING, China — The collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in China has killed at least 12 workers and left four others missing, state media reports said. Aerial photos from the official Xinhua…
MANILA, Philippines — There were already concerns about the structural integrity of the P1.2-billion bridge that collapsed in Isabela province due to “cracks” that government inspectors already noticed before it was opened to the public last month, a…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Council is requesting the DPWH Sixth Engineering Office and ZLREJ Trading and Construction Corp. to appear at their next session on Monday to explain about the issues regarding the collapse…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A portion of a riprap, which is part of a P127-million flood control project in Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City, suddenly collapsed on Tuesday, October 29. The collapsed section of the riprap spans about…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has vowed to seek justice for the victims of the two separate riprap wall collapses in Cebu City on Sunday, September 1. The first incident happened in Brgy.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 26-year-old woman died after she was buried in rubbles from a riprap wall that collapsed in the mountain barangay of San Jose in Cebu City. The riprap belonged to a private entity…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 17-year-old girl died after a riprap wall collapsed into their home in Sitio Gotchan Caduloy, Brgy. Tisa, Cebu City following an early morning landslide on Sunday, September 1. Harold Alcontin, head of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The body of a man was found under the rubble of a collapsed seawall in Barangay Liloan, Santander in southern Cebu on Thursday, September 21. Police Major Mariejin Calunod, chief of Santander Police…
JANDARIS, Syria — Wailing children, flattened buildings and hospitals full of bodies – a devastating earthquake on Monday looked painfully familiar for Syrian families and rescuers worn down by nearly 12 years of bombardment and displacement. The…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — At least nine persons were injured when the roof of a newly opened food park located in Sitio Bagumbayan 2 in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City collapsed during the heavy downpour at about 9…
CEBU CITY, Philippines –As she would normally do every afternoon, Mejame Papaya, 46, went to the family-owned pigpen located not far from her house on Friday to tend to her pig. Suddenly, the ground underneath her collapsed,…
