Rappler's latest stories on Valenzuela fire
Families of Kentex fire victims: 'We will not drop claims'
While 57 families have already dropped their claims against the footwear factory some continue to reject the P151 200 settlement offer
73 out of 74 Kentex fire victims identified – PNP
Two more victims were found at the site of the fire hit Kentex Manufacturing Corporation bringing the total death toll to 74
Valenzuela fire: 63 bodies identified
Of the 72 victims killed in the industrial fire that hit a Valenzuela City footwear factory last month 9 remain unidentified
Valenzuela shuts down businesses with no fire safety certificate
Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian also orders other business establishments to present their valid FSICs within 7 days from receipt of the directive
Review of Fire Code sought after deadly Valenzuela blaze
Senator Cynthia Villar who filed a resolution seeking the review says the Kentex tragedy shows that people have not learned from the Ozone Disco fire that killed 162 people in 1996
Valenzuela fire: Relatives identify victims' belongings
Families of the 72 workers killed in last week s factory fire help identify the personal items left at the accident site as investigators continue the DNA testing
Don’t blame welders for Valenzuela fire – lawyer
The lawyer for the welders present in Kentex when the huge blaze broke out say it s unfair to blame his clients for the fire that killed 72
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Valenzuela defends issuance of business permit to Kentex
The Bureau of Fire Protection never sent word that the factory did not comply with safety standards after the city government issued a provisional business permit
Valenzuela factory welders weren't Kentex employees
Rappler obtains the initial report on the police probe It quotes a survivor: there were no fire exits on the 2nd floor where employees were trapped and killed
Two months to finish Valenzuela DNA tests – PNP
Philippine police will have to test and match the DNA of 69 workers who died in the factory fire and their relatives
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Another fire hits Valenzuela
2nd UPDATE A blaze hits a residential community in Valenzuela City just days after a footwear factory in the city was gutted by fire
Palace: More inspections after Kentex fire
UPDATED Malacañang says Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has initial reports on Kentex engaging the services of a subcontractor not registered with the labor department
Kentex offers fire victims 'negligible' compensation
Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian says the owner of the factory where at least 72 died in a fire is victimizing the workers twice over
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Valenzuela fire death trap highlights sweatshop abuses
The deaths should serve as a wake up call for businessmen to stop these abuses says Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz
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Baldoz: Valenzuela factory owners 'immoral'
They are not only illegal they are immoral This employer they don t have a sense of social responsibility says Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz
Valenzuela fire victims buried, DNA tests continue
Of the 72 bodies pulled out from the Kentex Manufacturing factory 36 are female while 28 are male Five remain unidentified
Gov’t to probe ‘pakyawan’ system in Valenzuela factory
Workers hired by Kentex Manufacturing Corporation for short time projects including some of the 72 who died in the fire have no records in the company
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DNA tests for Valenzuela fire victims to take 'several months'
Of the 72 who died in the Kentex factory fire only 6 or 7 were wearing rings necklaces or other metal objects that could be used to identify them
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We’ll make culprits pay for Valenzuela deaths – Roxas
‘Hindi tama na merong 72 tayong mga kababayan na namatay… Ang magagawa ko para sa kanilang mga naulila ay panagutin kung sino man ang dapat managot ’
Valenzuela fire death toll rises to 31
3rd UPDATE The Bureau of Fire Protection BFP says the latest figure is still unofficial as the entire factory would have to be scoured by authorities prior to the release of an official casualty count
