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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
