TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Cagayan Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported a decline in firecracker-related injuries in the province during the recent holiday season. PHO records showed that 49 firecracker-related injury cases were documented from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6, lower than the 60 cases...
Fireworks-related injuries nationwide climbed to 720 cases during the recent holiday season, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Jan. 5. The agency said the cases were recorded from Dec. 21 to Jan. 5, based on reports from 62 sentinel hospitals. Data showed that 52 percent of those...
Fireworks-related injuries across the country have reached 655 cases, with youth aged 19 years old and below accounting for more than half of the victims, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Jan. 3. DOH Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) Director Tina Marasigan said 351 of the cases...
Fireworks-related injuries nationwide may surge beyond 500 cases as the Department of Health (DOH) warned that more than 300 additional cases could still be added to the official tally amid delayed reporting. DOH spokesperson Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo said initial assessments showed a...
BAGUIO CITY – Two firecracker-related injuries were recorded in this city on New Year’s Eve. A total of four persons have been injured here since Dec. 21. Mayor Benjamin Magalong has directed the heads of police stations and barangay chairmen where the incidents occurred to submit an...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Health (DOH)-Bicol has recorded eight cases of firecracker-related injuries (FWRI) as of Sunday, Dec. 28. Camarines Sur has six cases and Albay and Catanduanes has one case each. Most of the injured were males, with ages ranging from seven- to 50-years-old....
DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-Ilocos region recorded 20 fireworks-related injuries (FWRI) from Dec. 21 to 26. The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Data said 40 percent of injuries were caused by unlabeled and imported firecrackers and five percent were due to Five Star....
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office (PRO) 3 (Central Luzon) has released the official list of authorized community firecracker selling zones and fireworks display areas across Central Luzon as part of intensified measures to prevent firecracker-related injuries during the holiday...
Firework-related injuries nationwide have climbed to 57 cases, including two children who lost fingers in separate firecracker explosions, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Dec. 27. DOH Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) Director Tina Marasigan said an eight-year-old child lost his...
A total of 28 fireworks-related injuries were tallied by the Department of Health (DOH) nationwide from Dec. 21 to Dec. 25. The agency noted that this represents a 50 percent decline from last year’s figure, which recorded 56 cases during the same period. The DOH said the data were collected...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Police in Central Luzon issued a public advisory Wednesday detailing allowed and prohibited firecrackers and pyrotechnics for a safe holiday season. Police Regional Office-3 (Central Luzon) director, Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr., said the sale, distribution, and...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has warned the fireworks industry that unsafe practices in production and handling will not be tolerated and urged strict compliance with safety rules amid the year-end surge in activity. DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the agency is...
