CEBU CITY – The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) recorded 19 fireworks-related injuries during New Year’s Eve. The DOH-7 said that two sentinel and 23 non-sentinel hospitals in the region have recorded 41 firecracker-related injuries from December 21 to January 1. Most of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office said 17 individuals sustained fireworks-related injuries during the New Year’s Eve revelry here. ILLEGAL fireworks seized in Zamboanga City. Most of the victims were male from 12 to 26-years-old. Of the initial batch of six cases before the New Year, five...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Sixty-five fireworks-related injuries were recorded in this province from December 21 to January 1. Police said 32 were adults and 33 were minors. Thirty-six of them were injured from December 31 to January 1. They were from Dagupan City, Urdaneta City, Santa Barbara,...
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera region recorded 15 fireworks-related injuries as of 6 a.m. on January 1. The Department of Health-Cordillera said the region had 11 new FWRIs on New Year’s Eve but this is 37 percent lower than the same period in 2022 with 24. FIREWORKS light up the sky as Baguio...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The number of fireworks-related injuries in Bicol doubled in 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Based on the injury registry update of Department of Health-Bicol sentinel sites as of 6 a.m. on January 1, the region had 33 cases, a 100 percent jump from only 20 in...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has recorded 75 fireworks-related incidents in Western Visayas as of New Year’s Eve. A STALL selling firecrackers in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “This is still a running number,” said Police Major Mary Grace Borio, PRO-6 spokesperson, on...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Jan. 1, reported that the total number of fireworks-related injuries (FWRI) has reached 231 with 116 new cases recorded on New Year’s Eve. Individuals with injuries related to New Year celebrations were rushed to Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in...
A nine-year-old Muntinlupa resident lost his fingertip bone after a firecracker exploded on Jan. 1. According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), the boy is a resident of Sitio San Antonio in Barangay Poblacion. Firecrackers confiscated by the Muntinlupa Police (Photo from...
Despite the repeated warnings and aggressive actions for a safe New Year revelry, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded four fatalities and at least 520 people injured due to firecracker-related incidents and indiscriminate firing across the country. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Department of Health recorded a total of 14 fireworks-related injuries in Region 4-A from December 21 to January 1. The DOH-Center for Health Development-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) logged seven new cases on New Year’s Eve. But it...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Five persons, including three children, were injured in five firecracker-related incidents in Central Luzon before New Year’s Eve, the Police Regional Office-3 reported on Sunday, December 31. In Bulakan, Bulacan, a man sustained burns on his legs, chest, and...
Photo from Pixabay A few hours before the New Year revelries began, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed eight new fireworks-related injuries (FWR) on Sunday, Dec. 31, bringing the total number of FWRIs to 115. Based on the DOH’s FWRI report between 6 a.m., Dec. 30 and 5:59 a.m., the new...
