Vice President Sara Duterte hopes Filipinos will have renewed hope in the coming year as she vowed her "continued honest service" to the public in 2024. Vice President Sara Duterte (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) Duterte said this as Filipinos spend the last hours of 2023 on Sunday, Dec. 31. In her...
A day before the New Year’s Eve revelries, 11 new cases of fireworks-related injuries (FWRI) were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, Dec. 30, bringing the total number of cases to 107. Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa demonstrated in a simulation how a patient victimized by...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (Calabarzon) is placing hospitals and health facilities in the region on Code White Alert from December 29 to January 2 for the New Year’s Eve revelry. “Ito ay...
The admission to the New Year’s Eve celebration in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig on Dec. 31 is free amid illegal ticket sales on social media. This was emphasized by the Taguig City government, BGC and Coke Studio in a statement released on Dec. 28. The BGC Taguig’s New...
The Marcos administration should devote more public resources to addressing the country’s domestic problems next year. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III made the suggestion saying that while the increase for his local and foreign trips has increased for 2024,...
The Taguig City government has designated firecracker zones in the city where people can use and explode firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices. Under Taguig City Ordinance No. 87, “it shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, discharge, explode, or cause to discharge or to explode any...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying sufficient number of uniformed personnel to conduct random inspection in markets and other places where firecrackers and pyrotechnic materials are being sold for the New Year revelry. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the strategy is part...
Senators on Monday, December 25 expressed their wish for good health, unity and compassion for Filipinos, both in the country and abroad, this holiday season. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri noted how the country is able to achieve so much in 2023 because of unity. ...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 24 renewed his call for a ban on the sale, distribution, and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices ahead of New Year festivities. Gatchalian said that while there has been a significant decrease in the number of fireworks-related...
