The Bureau of Fire Protection reminded the people in Amulung, Cagayan to stay safe by avoiding firecrackers this holiday season, particularly during the New Year’s Eve revelry. The BFP-Amulung conducted the fire safety campaign ‘’Oplan Paalala: Iwas Paputok 2022’’ and deployed...
BAGUIO CITY-- Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the city government is maintaining its long-running stance to discourage the sale and use of firecrackers this Christmas season. The main goal is to achieve a zero firecracker-related casualty status in the city and entice people to embrace safe Christmas...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered all chiefs of police and unit commanders to strictly enforce the existing laws against prohibited and regulated firecrackers and pyrotechnic materials. In a statement, Azurin said there is a need to ensure that the...
Anti-cybercrime operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a 24-year old man for selling illegal firecrackers online. Police Col. Redrico Maranan, chief of the PNP-Public Information Office, said the operation stemmed from confirmed verification that David Carpio has been selling...
If Valenzuela City 1st district Rep. Rex Gatchalian would have his way, he would outlaw the sale, distribution, and use of all firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices. Valenzuela City 1st district Rep. Rex Gatchalian (Facebook) For this purpose, Gatchalian, chairman of the House Committee on...
Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Cesar Pasiwen has ordered the random inspection of fireworks manufacturers and dealers in Central Luzon following a recent explosion in a fireworks factory in Sta. Maria, Bulacan. PASIWEN (FB) Pasiwen said that the Philippine National Police has...
LAGUNA -- Five persons including an 83-year-old woman died during a fire that gutted a house at Sitio Majada in Brgy. Canlubangm Calamba City on Friday morning, Nov. 18. The fatalities were identified as Leticia Yutan Corral, 83, widow; James Darwin Corral Delluson, 22; Ryan James Guttierez, 18;...
(MICHAEL VARCAS / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) has always been relentless in reminding Filipinos to avoid using firecrackers in welcoming the New Year. Instead, it encouraged them to find alternative noisemakers. However, what if a person was injured because of a firecracker? The...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – Seized illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices worth P149,445 were destroyed at Camp Gen. Pantaleon Garcia on Friday (Dec. 31). Cavite PNP PIO / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN The ceremonial disposal was led by the officials of the Cavite Philippine National Police...
The Muntinlupa police confiscated firecrackers in Barangay Putatan on New Year’s Eve. According to the Muntinlupa police, the firecrackers worth P2,900 were confiscated by the Putatan Sub-Station on Dec. 31. The firecrackers were abandoned by unidentified persons who sensed the presence of the...
As Filipinos will be meeting year 2022 with revelries, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has warned of firecracker-hazards on electric power lines and urged the public to avoid using festivity explosives near critical sensitive energy facilities. “We would like to advise the...
Welcoming the New Year in Taguig? The Taguig City government has identified areas in barangays designated as firecracker and no firecracker zones in the city. Firecracker zones “are areas in the city where citizens may set and light up firecrackers” while in no firecracker zones, it “implies...
