What do you do with illegal firecrackers? Douse them with water and toss them in the trash? Well, in the Philippines you blow them up! https...

The Philippines is full of entrepreneurs doing anything and everything they can to support their families. Some Filipinos set up kiosks sell...

Construction sites in the Philippines are unsafe and deadly. Cebu City has a new proposal to prevent accidents on construction sites. CCTV c...

Many construction sites in the Philippines are unsafe and dangerous. Here is another one. https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/579677/construc...

Construction in the Philippines is a mess. It's mostly bricolage and jury-rigging. It's a surprise anything works. Especially egregi...

According to the Bureau of Fire Protection 15  municipalities in the Eastern Visayas do not have their own fire stations which puts the live...

 A fire at a T-shirt factory has killed 16 people and destroyed the business.  https://www.dzrh.com.ph/post/15-dead-as-fire-blazes-residenti...

Ever since a popular local mall opened its  doors a few years ago there has been a major fire hazard right at the entrance. When you walk in...

This is the picture accompanying an article on the front page of the Inquirer about Meralco suspending disconnections for nonpayment of bi...

Construction sites in the Philippines are not the safest in the world.  Just look at this one: Actually they look pretty no...

A few weeks ago I published a picture of a local water utility worker using a jackhammer to dig a ditch.   https://philippinefails....

On February 26th, 2020 a horrible fire broke out in Barangay Suba in Cebu City. https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/290703/259-houses-raz...