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                    [ArticleID] => 1547360
                    [Title] => 20 shanties demolished in Bilibid
                    [Summary] => 

The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) demolished 20 shanties in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) maximum security compound during a raid yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-28 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1350788 [Title] => 250 families lose homes in Tondo fire [Summary] =>

Around 250 families lost their homes when a four-hour fire broke out in Tondo, Manila at dawn yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096410 [AuthorName] => Aie Balagtas See [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140727/flames-on-tondo-manila-2.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 838111 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Season rhetoric [Summary] =>

As the death toll from monsoon rains and floods soared to 92, Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson announced yesterday that up to 195,000 families living in flood-prone high-risk zones would be relocated immediately.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img259/8913/startoonthumbs.gif ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741957 [Title] => Fire leaves 500 homeless in QC [Summary] =>

A fire that broke out shortly before midnight Thursday left at least 500 people homeless when it destroyed 50 shanties along Boni Serrano Avenue in Libis, Quezon City, the Bureau of Fire Protection reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 678770 [Title] => Oficials fear new landslides, want miners out [Summary] =>

Oficials say they have discovered a dangerous crack in a mountain hit by a deadly landslide last week and want troops to forcibly evacuate dozens of illegal gold miners before another disaster strikes their village.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-24 15:35:26 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273977 [Title] => Fire razes 50 homes [Summary] => Some 100 families lost their homes when at least 50 shanties were razed by fire at a squatters colony in Binondo, Manila last Wednesday afternoon.

There were no reports of injuries or deaths in an hour long fire which struck the heavily populated neighborhood of rag makers at around 3 p.m.

Arson investigator SFO1 Wilson Tana said the fire started at a shanty owned by one Maria Descayo. It then spread rapidly to adjacent shanties.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 194978 [Title] => Muntinlupa fire razes 15 homes [Summary] => A fire razed some 15 shanties and destroyed an estimated P300,000 worth of property yesterday morning in Muntinlupa City.

There were no reported injuries or casualties in the incident in Purok 5, Barangay Cupang.

Initial investigation showed the fire began at 9:08 am. Reports reaching the city fire department indicated that a certain Vincent de la Cruz was playing with a lighter and ended up starting the fire.

However, the report did not mention how old De la Cruz was, his whereabouts, and if the fire was intentional or not.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192181 [Title] => Fire hits shanties in Tondo [Summary] => As the feast of the Sto. Niño went to full swing early yesterday, a fire razed at least 30 shanties in Vitas, Tondo.

According to the Arson Unit of the Manila Fire Department, the blaze started from one of the affected shanties along Road 10 at 5:48 a.m. The fire then quickly spread to the other shanties. It did not take long before the fire reached the fifth alarm and saw firefighters rushed to the scene from various fire stations in Manila, Malabon and Navotas.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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