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The Bocaue pagoda tragedy was a fatal accident that occurred on July 2, 1993, during the Bocaue Pagoda Festival in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines.The accident was the result of the festivities' centerpiece – a floating pagoda – sinking, which led to the deaths of more than 200 people.
Map of the Municipality of Bocaue in Bulacan province where the fire occurred. The fire occurred in Barangay Turo, Bocaue, Bulacan at the site where the stores, one beside the other, sell fireworks. Next to them is a Meralco electric substation, and a few meters away is the Bocaue Exit of the North Luzon Expressway with a gas station nearby.
The pagoda, which was used for the Bocaue River Festival in Bocaue, Bulacan was estimated to carrying 800 to 1000 devotees. At 8:15 p.m, the pagoda sank in the middle of the Bocaue River. [ 25 ] According to witnesses many of the passengers moved to one side of the barge after a firecracker flew towards it.
He is also the owner and founder of the Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. (JILCF), a Christian school in Bocaue, Bulacan, where his wife, Adoracion Villanueva is the school president. [5] [6] He is currently a member of the 19th Congress of the Philippines and has been a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 18th Congress.
Bocaue is traversed by the Bocaue River, a continuation of the confluence of Santa Maria River and San Jose River and a few other minor rivers and creeks, all of which are distributaries of the Angat drainage basin. The main source of Angat River and the Angat drainage basin, as well as their distributaries, is the Sierra Madre mountain range.
Sherwin Najito Tugna (born October 15, 1977) is a Filipino lawyer, entrepreneur and public servant who is the vice mayor of Bocaue, Bulacan.He previously served as a representative for the Citizens’ Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) party-list group from 2010 to 2019. [1]
Her family owned a garments export business in Manila, a rice milling business in Bocaue, Bulacan and a rice trading business in Jaen, Nueva Ecija. [3] The family also owned a bowling center. [4] She managed these activities until she formed her own company in 1995, the "Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation". [5]
Joselito Andrew "Jonjon" Roxas Mendoza (born November 10, 1962) is a Filipino politician and businessman who last served as the representative of Bulacan's 3rd district from 2010 to 2016. He previously served as Governor of Bulacan from 2007 to 2010. He ran for vice governor of Bulacan in 2022 but lost to Alex Castro.