Court jails eight for selling LPG canisters

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/01/2018

A TOLEDO City court convicted eight people for transporting and selling butane canisters filled with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) last Friday, June 29. Judge Albie Carmelo Pescadero of the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities (MTCC) in Toledo…

Consumers brace for hike in LPG prices

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/31/2018

MANOLITA Enerlan feels like being hit by multiple whammy. Enerlan, who runs a small eatery along Gorordo Avenue in Cebu City could barely cope with the rising prices of meat and vegetables. Now, she had to face…

LPG station raided, owner faces charges

Benjie B. Talisic 12/20/2017

PERSONNEL of the regional office of the Department of Energy (DOE) along with operatives of the Criminal Investigation Detection Group (CIDG) raided an LPG refilling station at Barangay Mambaling in Cebu City at 5 pm last Tuesday.…

Cops seize butane canisters in Minglanilla

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/06/2017

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,…

Stop using refilled butane canisters

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/22/2017

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…

How to avoid burning your precious car

Calvin D. Cordova 03/07/2017

It is heartbreaking to lose a car — especially in a fire — since for most Filipinos, owning a vehicle is a result of years of saving hard-earned money. But there are ways to prevent car fire,…

10 nabbed in raid on butane refilling plant

Intern 02/24/2017

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…

Fire hits Barangay Suba anew

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 11/21/2016

AT least 81 houses made of light materials were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Suba, Cebu City on Monday morning. No one was hurt in the second to have hit the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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