BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Six crewmembers of a cargo ship suffered second and third degree burns after a minor explosion hit the vessel while docked at the Bredco port here yesterday.
Those injured were identified as Ronilo Cabalcar, Deo Norico, Froulin Sembrano, Pedrito Mahinay, Inocencio Sarbido, and Artemio Rosales, who all suffered burns on different of their bodies.
There were rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital here, according to Bombo Radyo.
Initial investigation showed that the blast took place at the engine room of SF Adventure, a cargo vessel carrying construction materials, said Chief Inspector Bartolome Beliran, city fire marshal.
The six victims were reportedly having a welding operation in the engine room when the explosion took place, Beliran said. –Danny Dangcalan (The Philippine Star)
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against
Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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