Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Friday ordered an immediate review of the standards applicable to the use of scaffolding in construction, noting that most of the recent accidents in construction were caused by defective or faulty scaffolding.
A worker of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines Inc. died on Thursday after being struck by a forklift driven by another worker inside the Korean shipyard here.
Aurora Rep. Edgardo “Sonny” Angara called on fellow legislators to support a bill that would put in place tighter security on campuses nationwide that was passed at the committee level in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
North Korea’s sole major ally China will decrease aid to Pyongyang if it goes ahead with a planned nuclear test, state-run media said in an unusually frank warning on Friday.
While lauding efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in addressing water pollution, an environmental group sought giant strides from the agency particularly the implementation of a mandatory pollution disclosure of chemical waste produced by factories.
The Philippine government plans to move about 100,000 squatters from their homes on crucial waterways in Metro Manila by June as a flood control measure and for their own safety, an official said Saturday.
President Benigno Aquino III says he wants tighter control of firearms but opposes a total gun ban in the country following recent shootings including a rampage by a gunman who killed seven people.
The number of persons injured by firecrackers during the holidays has risen to 862, the Department of Health said Saturday.
The Maritime Industry Authority in Central Visayas (Marina-7) has suspended the safety certificate of MV Zamboanga Ferry after it ran aground at the port of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental after being battered by strong waves and winds on Thursday morning.
Japanese regulators have found inadequate fireproofing at more than one fifth of the nuclear reactors that went offline after the 2011 Fukushima crisis, a major daily said Tuesday.
Celebratory gunfire killed a four-year-old boy and more than 400 others were injured by powerful firecrackers in typically rowdy New Year celebrations in Metro Manila, officials said Tuesday.
As the New Year’s celebration draws near, the number of people arrested in Metro Manila for firecracker-related offenses rose to 88 the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said.
The Philippines braced Sunday for its annual orgy of New Year’s Eve merrymaking which leaves hundreds of people maimed by firecrackers or shot by bullets fired in the air by armed revellers.
