{"id":49875,"date":"2015-05-19T19:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T11:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=49875"},"modified":"2015-05-19T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:00:06","slug":"razed-slipper-factor-had-no-fire-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/19\/razed-slipper-factor-had-no-fire-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"Razed slipper factory had no fire permit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49478\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/valenzuela-fire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49478\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/valenzuela-fire-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"valenzuela city fire (photo: dennis datu \/ twitter)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/valenzuela-fire-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/valenzuela-fire.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">valenzuela city fire (photo: dennis datu \/ twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Kentex Manufacturing Corp. was given a provisional business permit even without a fire safety inspection certificate from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).<\/p>\n<p>Results of the investigation conducted by the special inter-agency task force looking into the incident required BFP officials to explain why the factory was allowed to operate even after their failure to obtain a fire safety inspection certificate.<\/p>\n<p>BFP spokesman Renato Marcial said in an interview for the Philippine Star that the fire safety certificate is a pre-requisite in securing a business permit.<\/p>\n<p>Once they failed to secure appropriate permits, &#8220;the establishment will not be allowed to operate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian also confirmed the process adding that the issuance of the permit requires certificate from the BFP.<\/p>\n<p>He added that what was given to Kentex was a &#8220;provisional business permit&#8221; which was &#8220;within the mandate of the LGU.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the LGU gave them was a provisional business permit. Now, some people are saying that is not allowed, and let me refer you to all citations: 2010 circular number one, it\u2019s a joint circular of the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) and the DILG (Department of the Interior and Local Government)&#8230; In that circular they are trying to address the red tape in getting permits and what they said there was they are enjoining the LGU like Valenzuela to set up one-stop shops,\u201d he said, quoted in a Philippine Star report.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that the joint memorandum also acknowledges the existence of provisional business permits.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the BFP remained firm that the LGU should not have issued any form of business permit which will allow the establishment to operate without obtaining a fire safety inspection certificate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Kentex Manufacturing Corp. was given a provisional business permit even without a fire safety inspection certificate from the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":49478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}