MANILA, Philippines – A 58-year-old man died after falling 20 feet from the roof of a building in Manila on Friday morning as he was cutting down a tree mangled by Typhoon Glenda earlier this week.
Ruben Beraquit and two other laborers were cutting a branch that landed on the roof of the United Methodist Mission House in Malate when he lost his balance and fell headfirst at about 9:30 a.m. Friday, Police Officer 3 Marlon San Pedro said.
He died while being treated at the Ospital ng Maynila at around 5 p.m. –Aie Balagtas See (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.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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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:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
