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A fire swept through a part of a small building in Manila’s crowded Chinatown district Friday, leaving at least 11 people dead, police said, adding that an investigation was underway to ...
At least 11 people died on Friday in a fire in a five-storey residential and commercial building in the Chinatown precinct of the Philippine capital, a community official said. The blaze in Manila ...
The Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident ( Tagalog: Pagbibihag ng bus sa Maynila ), [ 3] took place when a disgruntled former Philippine National Police officer named Rolando Mendoza hijacked a tourist bus in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines, on August 23, 2010. The bus carried 25 people: 20 tourists ...
Ateneo de Manila shooting. / 14.64139°N 121.07556°E / 14.64139; 121.07556. On July 24, 2022, a mass shooting took place at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, leaving three people dead and three others injured, including the assailant. [ 5][ 4][ 7][ 8] The attacker, identified as Chao-Tiao Yumol ...
23 December 2017 – 2017 Davao City mall fire. 39 people died in a fire that destroyed the New City Commercial Center (NCCC) shopping mall. [126] 18 March 2018 – 2018 Manila Pavilion Hotel fire. 6 people died in a hotel fire in the Ermita district of Manila. [127] 2 October 2019 – Star City fire.
Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines: 15,000–25,000 [1] Fearing an uprising by the large Chinese community in the Philippines, the Spanish colonists carried out the massacre, largely in the Manila area. [2] Chinese Massacre of 1639: 1639 Luzon, Captaincy General of the Philippines 17,000–22,000 [1]
A fire at the Star City amusement park in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. [131] October 22 – New Zealand International Convention Centre fire. A fire in the roof of an under-construction building led to disruption in Auckland's central business district for three days. [132] The fire was left to burn itself out, four were injured. [133]
Property damage. ~₱1 billion (US$19.3 million) A fire at Star City, an amusement park in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, occurred at midnight on October 2, 2019. Initial investigation determined the cause as arson, citing traces of gasoline detected in the remains of the building. In December 2019, however, the cause was confirmed as an ...