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(Photo by Amper Campaña) March 01, 2021 AS the country observes the first day of the annual Fire Prevention Month in March, the Bureau of Fire Protection urged families to learn how to keep their homes safe to prevent house fires.
Guided by the theme, “Sa pag-iwas sa sunog, hindi ka nag-iisa!,” BFP stressed the importance of learning from past experiences with fire or from prior knowledge on how fires started and acting on these lessons to prevent fires at home.
March is observed as Fire Prevention or Burn Prevention Month under Proclamation No. 115-A signed by then President Ferdinand Marcos and Proclamation No. 360 in 1986.
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan (Photo from Kiko Pangilinan website / kikopangilinan.com / MANILA BULLETIN)
President Duterte on Friday, February 26, signed the Coconut Farmers ad Industry Trust Fund Act (Republic Act No. 11524) which spells out how the over P100 billion fund collected from coconut farmers during the Marcos administration will be spent.
“This is a new battleground. As the Edsa People Power Revolt was a win for the people, this is a win for the coconut farmers, even if it is partial and unfinished. Those who contributed to the fund must benefit from it,” Pangilinan said in a statement.
“This is the fruit of almost half a century of struggle against the injustice suffered by our coconut farmers. Our coconut farmers and their families must now reap the benefits of their hard-earned money,” he added.
SunStar Fire hits resto inside mall; no one hurt
FIRE INCIDENT. Two firefighters descend from the second floor of SM City Cebu in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City after helping in putting out the fire that hit Kogi Q, a restaurant, on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27, 2021. (BENJIE TALISIC)
+ February 27, 2021 TWO days before the start of the Fire Prevention Month, a fire hit a restaurant on the second floor of a mall in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27, 2021.
FO2 Fulbert Navaro of the Cebu City Fire Department identified the establishment as Kogi Q, which rents a space at SM City Cebu.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday said he is against “institutionalizing” the commemoration of the 1986 EDSA People Power revolution that catapulted Corazon “Cory” Aquino to the presidency, describing it as “self-contradiction.”
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