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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 ...
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 ...
Bojinka plot. The Bojinka plot ( Arabic: بوجينكا; Tagalog: Oplan Bojinka) was a large-scale, three-phase terrorist attack planned by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for January 1995. They planned to assassinate Pope John Paul II; blow up 11 airliners in flight from Asia to the United States, with the goal of killing approximately ...
See also: List of radio stations in the Philippines § Stations by region or province The following is a list of NTC -licensed radio stations in Metro Manila, a region of the Philippines, current as of 2024. The tables can be sorted by call sign, branding, frequency, location, owner, languages and radio format. Also included below are defunct radio stations and Internet-only stations. Radio ...
Unknown, believed to be electrical fire. Deaths. 162. Non-fatal injuries. 95. The Ozone Disco fire in Quezon City, Philippines, broke out on March 18, 1996, leaving at least 162 people dead. It is officially acknowledged as the worst fire in Philippine history, [ 1][ 2] and among the 10 worst nightclub fires in the world. [ 3][ 4]
The Battle of Manila Bay ( Filipino: Labanan sa Look ng Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Bahía de Manila ), also known as the Battle of Cavite, took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Contraalmirante ( Rear ...
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 ...
Isetann Cinerama Recto. Isetann (also known as Isetann Cinerama Complex and Isetann Recto) is a shopping mall located at C.M. Recto Avenue corner Quezon Boulevard and Evangelista Street in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines. The mall sits in the portion of Estero de Quiapo which became Roman Super Cinerama in 1964 and burnt down in the late 1970s.