Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The land which covers Baseco today was once the location of a dockyard of the National Shipyard and Steel Corporation (NASSCO). In 1966, during the administration of then-President Ferdinand Marcos, NASSCO was acquired by the Romualdez family, the kin of the president's wife Imelda Marcos through the Bataan Shipping and Engineering Company or BASECO. In the late 1970s, the urban poor population were resettled by the Marcos administration to give space for a possible international seaport. Baseco was formally declared a barangay (Barangay 649, Zone 68) in the 1980s. Following the People Power Revolution of 1986, the national government under Marcos' successor Corazon Aquino sequestered the property and the urban poor population began to resettle the area.
People settled in an area within Baseco which would later be designated as "Block 40". At least 39 other blocks would be established. By 1999, Baseco attained full access to electricity.
On February 12, 2002, then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo proclaimed Baseco as a residential site.
A fire broke out at a residential area in Baseco Compound in Port Area, Manila on Thursday evening, May 19.
According to the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP)- Manila, the fire reached the first alarm at 7:40 p.m and was raised to second alarm at around 7:56 p.m.
At 8:25 p.m., BFP raised it to third alarm.
The fire escalated to the fourth alarm at 8:31 p.m.
The BFP said the fire was put under control at 9:36 p.m. and was declared fire out at 12:02 a.m.
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The land which covers Baseco today was once the location of a dockyard of the National Shipyard and Steel Corporation (NASSCO). In 1966, during the administration of then-President Ferdinand Marcos, NASSCO was acquired by the Romualdez family, the kin of the president's wife Imelda Marcos through the Bataan Shipping and Engineering Company or BASECO. In the late 1970s, the urban poor population were resettled by the Marcos administration to give space for a possible international seaport. Baseco was formally declared a barangay (Barangay 649, Zone 68) in the 1980s. Following the People Power Revolution of 1986, the national government under Marcos' successor Corazon Aquino sequestered the property and the urban poor population began to resettle the area.
People settled in an area within Baseco which would later be designated as "Block 40". At least 39 other blocks would be established. By 1999, Baseco attained full access to electricity.
On February 12, 2002, then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo proclaimed Baseco as a residential site.
A fire broke out at a residential area in Baseco Compound in Port Area, Manila on Thursday evening, May 19.
According to the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP)- Manila, the fire reached the first alarm at 7:40 p.m and was raised to second alarm at around 7:56 p.m.
At 8:25 p.m., BFP raised it to third alarm.
The fire escalated to the fourth alarm at 8:31 p.m.
The BFP said the fire was put under control at 9:36 p.m. and was declared fire out at 12:02 a.m.
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