Fire broke out at the NCCC Mall on the morning of December 23, Saturday. I-Shield also slammed the Department of Labor and Employment for its "lax implementation of labor and safety standards." The group urged the labor department to mobilize its "trade unionists who were recently trained to be labor inspectors." Four days since the NCCC incident, however, very little details were given to the public—a notable difference in the unfolding of details in similar incidents. Both the National Bureau of Investigation and the DOLE regional office are also conducting parallel probes in the NCCC Mall fire.

Source: Philippine Star December 27, 2017 06:45 UTC