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150 rescued in Hong Kong World Trade Center blaze

Edmond Ng, Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 06:17 PM

A fire broke out on Wednesday in Hong Kong's World Trade Center, trapping about 150 people on its roof, and 13 people were injured before firefighters put out the blaze, police and the fire department said. Read more »

US honors 9/11 dead on 20th anniversary of attacks

Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 10:43 PM

At the 9/11 memorial, a moment's silence was held at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Read more »

‘The World Trade Center collapsed right before my eyes’

CYRENE DE LA ROSA as told to RHIA GRANA
Updated as of Sep 11 08:14 PM

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a Filipino NYU student looks back Read more »

BALIKAN: Karanasan ng mga Pinoy sa '9/11 attack'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 09:02 PM

Taong 2002, nakausap ng ABS-CBN News team sa 'Ground Zero' ang mga Pinoy na nakasaksi at naulila sa 9/11. Read more »

US marks 9/11 anniversary

Mike Segar, Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 10:36 AM

A couple views the Tribute in Light beams and the One World Trade Center tower on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Friday. Read more »

9/11: Ground Zero's forgotten migrant cleaners demand recognition

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 07:04 AM

Lucelly Gil is one of the forgotten victims of 9/11: an immigrant cleaner who spent months clearing up rubble from the World Trade Center and developed cancer apparently from the toxic dust, but who remains unrecognized. Read more »

Biden to visit three sites of 9/11 attack on 20th anniv

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 08:06 AM

US President Joe Biden will commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by traveling to all the three sites of the attacks, the White House said. Read more »

New York to mark 9/11 anniversary amid the coronavirus pandemic

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 02:39 PM

NEW YORK - With crime on the rise, shops and apartments increasingly vacant and homeless people on the sidewalks, New York on Friday will mark the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and a bitter fight with the White House. Read more »

New York in Rainbow Colors

Jeenah Moon, Reuters
Posted at Jun 28 11:18 AM

The spire of One World Trade Center is lit in rainbow colors in support of the LGBT community, prior to the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., on Friday.  Read more »

Ilang OFW na naka-quarantine sa World Trade Center pinuna ang kakulangan ng gamit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 07:48 PM

Pinuna ng ilang overseas Filipino worker na naka-quarantine sa World Trade Center ang kakulangan ng ilang gamit doon.  Read more »

400 OFWs undergo quarantine at World Trade Center

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 04:29 PM

Around 400 repatriated Filipino workers from Abu Dhabi and the Maldives are undergoing their mandatory quarantine at the World Trade Center, a government official said Monday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 23, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 01:29 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Blessing before battling COVID-19

Ted Aljibe, AFP
Posted at Apr 23 07:25 PM

A military chaplain (2nd L) blesses military medical personnel at a hall converted into a 500-bed capacity COVID-19 quarantine facility at the World Trade Center in Manila on Thursday Read more »

Ayala Group, AFP open World Trade Center quarantine facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 07:02 PM

The Ayala Group of Companies and the Armed Forces of the Philippines opened on Thursday the COVID-19 quarantine facility at the World Trade Center. Read more »

PH now has 2,780 quarantine facilities for suspected, 'mild' cases of COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 10:55 PM

MANILA - The Philippine government has so far prepared 2,780 quarantine facilities across the country for suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and for those having mild symptoms of the illness, a government official said Friday. Read more »

Ayala Group converts part of World Trade Center into COVID-19 facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 02:47 PM

The project, dubbed WTC We Heal as One Center has safe, clean, and controlled isolation cubicles, as well as examination rooms, nurses’ stations, doctors’ work areas, and medical staff quarters, Ayala said.  Read more »

Pagtatayo sa COVID-19 quarantine facilities matatapos ngayong linggo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 06 08:48 PM

Matatapos na ngayong linggo ang ilan sa mga itinatayong quarantine facilities ng gobyerno. Read more »

World Trade Center Metro Manila turns its massive floor space into a COVID-19 facility

Updated as of Apr 08 10:04 AM

The popular events place is repurposing its now empty halls to tend to mild Coronavirus cases. BY BAM ABELLON Read more »

Razon construction arm helps convert Manila stadium into COVID-19 facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 11:41 AM

Enrique Razon's construction unit said Monday it was helping the Philippines' coronavirus task force transform a sports stadium in downtown Manila into an emergency COVID-19 health facility.   Read more »

Which COVID-19 patients will be confined in convention centers?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 10:45 AM

At least 3 types of patients will be confined in convention centers that the government wants to convert into facilities for the novel coronavirus response, the health department said Wednesday.    Read more »