The fire broke out due to an LPG leak at a residential and commercial building in Manila's Binondo district, which claimed the life of 11, including the building owner's life. The Philippines has a poor safety record of enforcing fire safety in buildings due to lax enforcement.
Philippines landslide: The search operation has been hampered by poor weather and fears of more landslides. More than 1,100 families have been moved to evacuation centres for their safety, disaster response officials said.
Sea accidents are common in the Philippine archipelago because of frequent storms, badly maintained boats, overcrowding and weak enforcement of safety regulations.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said the Airbus A321 was en route to Vietnam from the South Korean city of Incheon when it encountered the problem and had to divert to Laoag international airport in Ilocos Norte province.
Photos and video released by the coast guard show flames and black smoke billowing from two decks at one end of the ferry.
A tropical storm lashed the northern Philippines with strong wind and rain Tuesday, injuring at least two people and prompting the president to close schools and government offices in the capital and outlying provinces.
An earthquake of magnitude measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hit the Philippines' capital Manila at 5:13 am on Friday, as per National Centre for Seismology.
A plane carrying eight people, including an American and a Canadian, burst into flames Sunday while attempting to take off from Manila’s airport on a flight bound for Japan, killing all those on board, officials said.
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An active hostage situation is being reported from the Phillippines as a security guard at a Manila mall has taken several employees hostage. The local police have cordoned off the area.
After a cleanup and a shift of ash-laden winds away from Manila, officials partially reopened the main airport and allowed planes to take off. President Rodrigo Duterte’s aircraft was able to land in Manila on Monday from his hometown of Davao, his spokesman said, adding he saw the extent of the disaster from the plane.
The displaced people were taken to 45 evacuation centres authorized by the authorities in the most affected municipalities of San Nicolas, Balete, Talisay, Lipa (Batangas province) and Tagaytay (Cavite), according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
People in the Philippines have been advised to use N95 masks than usual surgical masks as a precaution to protect themselves from spewing ash after Taal volcano eruption.
The volcano, named 'Taal' is located in Batangas province South of Philippine capital Manila. Such was force of the eruption, that steam, ash and rocks were hurled 10 to 15 kilometeres into the air.
Thousands of people were being evacuated on Sunday due to the heightened volcanic activity of the Taal volcano, located on an island some 65 km to the south of the Philippines' capital, Manila.
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The death toll from typhoon Phanfone that pounded the Philippines with heavy rain and strong winds has increased to 21, while 10 others were reported missing, government officials said on Friday.
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Philippines on Friday. Tremors were also felt in Manila. The earthquake struck 17 km east of Carlagan in the Quezon province this afternoon.
A rooftop swimming pool built on the 53rd floor of the building in Pampanga province too shook by the earthquake. The water cascaded from the pool and it visually turned into a waterfall.
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