COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Mayor Rona Piang-Flores of Upi, Maguindanao del Norte has ordered the indefinite suspension of classes in an elementary school where schoolchildren were downed after accidentally inhaling mists of insecticides on Wednesday, May 10. SCHOOLCHILDREN are treated at the Datu Blah...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A powerful insecticide sprayed on coconut trees at the back of an elementary school in Barangay Mirab in Upi town, Maguindanao del Norte province was suspected to have poisoned around 75 schoolchildren on Wednesday morning, May 10. Upi Mayor Rona Piang-Flores said the victims...
Barangay Ginebra import Justin Brownlee failed to finish the Kings’ 104-95 loss to the TNT Tropang Giga in Game 5 after suffering from food poisoning on Wednesday, April 19. *Justin Brownlee couldn't finish Game 5 due to food poisoning. (Noel Pabalate)* The Ginebra resident import was already...
Six elementary students suffered from food poisoning in Misamis Occidental after they allegedly ate sunflower seeds while at least seven individuals were injured in four separate vehicular accidents this Holy Week, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on...
The Makati City local government closed down a renowned oyster restaurant in Poblacion, Makati after coming under fire from netizens after some of its customers allegedly became sick after eating in the establishment. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Feb. 16, the city government posted photos of...
The oyster bar reassures the public of its commitment to safe and healthy cuisine In a statement released on social media yesterday, Jan. 25, Wantusawa Oyster Bar addressed accusations of several diners who got food poisoning after eating in their establishment. The oyster bar disclosed that...
ILOILO CITY -- The food poisoning that killed one and affected 40 others in Ajuy town, Iloilo province has been traced to contaminated ice water. Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) made the disclosure based on the result of their investigation....
PANGASINAN -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 1 advised all consumers and vendors to be careful when buying fish and other fishery products to prevent food poisoning. Fish vendors. (Photo courtesy of Liezle Basa Inigo) BFAR Region 1 Director Rosario Segundina Gaerlan...
Fifty employees of the Pasay City Treasurer's Office, two janitorial staff, and a reporter fell ill after eating pancit Malabon on Nov. 9 Amor Virata, publisher of a weekly newspaper “People’s Lider”, was among the victims of food poisoning. City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) head...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chapters in Visayas and Mindanao regions are on watch after a recent bulletin released by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned that some bodies of water in eight provinces are still positive for Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) or toxic red tide,...
Reusable tin water tumblers or bottles have been helping minimize plastic pollution, but some of them could be slowly poisoning you. HARMLESS-LOOKING--The EcoWaste Coalition detected high levels of lead content in the surface coating of these refillable water tumblers. (Photo from the EcoWaste...
An anti-toxics watchdog told parents on Friday, July 2 to keep button or coin batteries out of children’s reach in order to avoid incidents of choking or poisoning. LEAK SPOTTED--A pack of assorted button batteries. The battery in the middle has already begun to leak in-package. (Ellson...
