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…

50 HOUSES BURN IN MAMBALING

Jhunnex Napallacan and Apple Ta-as with Chito O. Aragon, Marc Eric Cosep 11/18/2015

Neighbors suspect stove, butane can explosion Three persons were injured and 122 families were displaced by yesterday’s fire that broke out in barangay Mambaling, Cebu City at 9:30 a.m. Neighbors were talking about a household  explosion caused…

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…

Trade exec: Butane canisters filled with LPG will be seized

Marites Villamor Ilano and Marc Eric Cosep 11/14/2015

City Hall official says Cebu City interagency task force to continue drive Unless industry rules are changed, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said there’s no chance of allowing the use or sale of butane canisters…

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…

Consumer safety

Editorial 11/13/2015

If even one of her employees died,  Amor Pelenia’s butane canister-refilling operations would have been immediately shut down by the Cebu City government. A circular of the Department of Energy bans the refilling of LPG in single-use…

CHEAP BUT RISKY

Marc Eric Cosep and Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/07/2015

Why it’s dangerous to misuse butane canisters as LPG refills First, a fresh wave of public warnings. Next step, a “massive confiscation” of butane canisters that are refilled with cooking gas. This action was agreed yesterday in…

Ban sought on LPG refilled butane canisters

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/28/2015

An ordinance to ban the use, sale and refilling of butane canisters with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is under review by the Cebu Provincial Board. “There have been recent massive incidents of fire in Cebu province  attributed…

Gas leak sparks fire, destroys canteen of Cebu Technological University

Chito O. Aragon, Doris C. Bongcac 02/11/2015

LPG BLAST: 14 HURT   At least 14 people, including seven students, were injured  in a fire that followed an explosion at a canteen of the Cebu Technological University (CTU) yesterday morning in barangay San Roque,  Cebu…

BFP: Naga gas depot violates Fire Code

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/08/2014

THE chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) ruled that the Petronas Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Terminal in the City of Naga, Cebu has violated fire safety standards. In a ruling dated July 15, 2014, BFP…

Naga ready to keep gas plant open

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/05/2014

The Naga city  government assured that it would  not close a gas facility whose permits were earlier canceled due to fire safety compliance issues. Naga legal counsel Alfredo Garcia Jr. told the court yesterday that the city…

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