49 BFP officials suspended over alleged fire truck procurement anomalies
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said in an interview Friday morning that 49 officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) have been suspended and charged…
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Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said in an interview Friday morning that 49 officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) have been suspended and charged…
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Three separate fires broke out in the cities of Taguig and Parañaque between Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday, leaving three people dead, 11 injured, and…
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The local government of Quezon City on Thursday denied social media rumors that a fire that gutted a community along NIA Road earlier this morning was…
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Authorities noted that most of the fires were preventable.
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BAGUIO CITY — According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Mountain Province, open flames from farmlands, rubbish burning, and “alipato,” or flying embers,…
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Navotas City Mayor John Ray Tiangco said Monday that a massive fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill Facility could have been avoided had the site’s operator…
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Fire incidents across the Philippines rose by 28 percent in the first quarter of 2026, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported over the weekend.
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Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday vowed to dismantle what he described as an organized criminal network…
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The BFP faces a deficit of around 600 fire trucks, driven in part by overpriced contracts and alleged bid rigging in recent years.
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Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday vowed to crack down on corruption within the Bureau of Fire Protection, describing it as an…
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Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday took responsibility for the shortage of fire trucks, acknowledging delays in procurement that…
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The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Monday flagged as “hazardous” the presence of a fuel storage tank inside a residential property in Barangay Sacred Heart.
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The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has relieved all fire safety inspectors in Metro Manila as part of a sweeping effort to overhaul the agency’s enforcement…
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The Bureau of Fire Protection has relieved all fire safety inspectors in Metro Manila as part of sweeping reforms aimed at addressing alleged anomalies in its…
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A fire struck a residential area in Situasyon Park, Laoag City on Monday night, displacing at least four families but causing no injuries, authorities said.
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Malacañang named a veteran fireman to replace the dismissed Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) head, Chief Superintendent Jesus Fernandez, who is currently facing…
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Malacañang has designated Fire Chief Supt. Wilberto Rico Neil Kwan Tiu as officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Fire Protection following the filing of complaints…
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