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                    [ArticleID] => 788301
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Weak capability
                    [Summary] => 

How long does it take to put out a fire in a medium-sized shopping mall in Metro Manila?

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://a.imageshack.us/img708/3578/startoonthumbe.gif ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312491 [Title] => EDITORIAL – Waiting for an upgrade [Summary] => A year ago on Dec. 16, the youngest daughter of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. died in a fire that gutted their home in Dasmariñas Village in Makati. Firefighters did not have the necessary equipment to break into the grilled windows or climb up to the second floor where Kristina Casimira "KC" de Venecia had stayed in a bathroom to escape the flames and suffocating fumes. [DatePublished] => 2005-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312548 [Title] => Southeast Asia’s first healing center for grieving mothers opens in QC [Summary] => One year after losing her youngest daughter to a fire that gutted their home, Gina de Venecia has mustered the strength to help other grieving mothers confront and overcome their own loss.

Gina yesterday led the groundbreaking rites for the INA Healing Center at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) compound in Quezon City, where mothers who have lost their children could seek counseling. It will be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312559 [Title] => JDV hopeful ‘Hello, Garci’ hearings will end soon [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia expressed hope yesterday that the five House committees investigating allegations of election fraud and the "Hello, Garci" scandal will wrap up their inquiries.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312413 [Title] => A year after KC’s death, RP firefighters still without new equipment [Summary] => One year after the youngest daughter of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. was trapped to death in a fire that destroyed their Makati City mansion, the country’s firefighting units are still in need of modern equipment.

Had firemen been equipped with modern gear, "KC" or Kristina Casimira could have survived the three-hour blaze that gutted their home at Dasmariñas Village early on the morning of Dec. 16, 2004.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267444 [Title] => JDV’s daughter to be buried Wednesday [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia’s youngest daughter, who died in a fire that gutted their home, will be buried on a "glorious Wednesday" after a "final send-off" releasing 1,000 white balloons and 500 butterflies into the air, relatives said yesterday.

The relatives of De Venecia and his wife Gina have begun making preparations for a fitting burial for 16-year-old Kristina Casimira or "KC," who died of suffocation early Friday morning when their house was damaged in a three-hour fire.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267315 [Title] => Fire chief defends men’s performance in JDV house fire [Summary] => An official of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) defended yesterday the performance of the Makati City fire department in their failed attempt to rescue the youngest daughter of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. from the fire that hit their home Thursday night.

Superintendent Ruben Morales, BFP District 3 fire marshall, admitted however that there is a dire need for more fire-fighting equipment amid the BFP’s limited budget.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267355 [Title] => 2 paslit dedo sa sunog [Summary] => Dalawang bata ang naiulat na nasawi sa sunog bunga ng nag-overheat na Christmas lights at sumabog na jeep sa magkahiwalay na insidente sa Quezon City at Maynila kahapon.

Sa Quezon City, namatay si Ricky Suarez, 5, ng Brgy. Commonwealth nang masunog ang kanilang bahay dakong ala-1 ng madaling-araw. Nagtamo ito ng sunog sa katawan at suffocation.

Lumilitaw sa imbestigasyon na nag-overheat ang Christmas lights ng pamilya Suarez hanggang sa mabilis na kumalat ang apoy.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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