Kentex

by Elizabeth Marcelo (The Philippine Star), 3 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — An executive of a Valenzuela footwear factory where 74 people – mostly workers – were trapped and killed in a fire in May 2015 has been acquitted of criminal charges, along with three officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

July 27, 2019 05:50am – SC orders Kentex CFO to pay P1.4M to 57 surviving workers – Jerome Aning, Inquirer Mobile The Supreme Court has affirmed the Department of Labor and Employment’s (Dole) decision ordering the chief finance officer of Kentex Manufacturing Corp. to pay more than P1.44 million to 57 surviving workers found to…

CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) tweeted at 0:31 pm on Fri, Jul 26, 2019: Supreme Court reverses Court of Appeals decision, orders Kentex general manager and treasurer Ong King Guan to pay employees ₱1.44 million In 2015, a fire broke out in a factory owned by Kentex, which claimed 72 lives and injured a number of workers…

by Marc Jayson Cayabyab (The Philippine Star), May 19, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Rosemarie Magracia remembers the last time she talked with her daughter Precilla before the tragic fire in the slippers factory Kentex four years ago.

by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 2, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has denied the request of a fire officer to dismiss evidence presented against him in connection with the deadly Kentex factory fire in Valenzuela City in 2015.

The Sandiganbayan will proceed with the graft and reckless imprudence trial of the general manager of Kentex Manufacturing Corp., which burned down in May 2015, killing 74 people, mostly workers of the slipper factory in Valenzuela City. In a five-page resolution dated March 1, the court’s Second Division denied the Jan. 25 motion to quash…