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...
The Department of Health-Region 1 (Ilocos) has recorded 221 fireworks-related injuries from Dec. 21, 2024 to Jan. 6, 2025, 76.2 percent higher than the same period in 2023 with 126. DOH-Region 1Director Paula Paz M. Sydiongco said Pangasinan has the highest number of FWRI cases with 119, followed...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 reported a decrease in fireworks-related incidents in the Ilocos region during the holiday season. EVANGELISTA (center) PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista attributed this to the intensified security measures and the extensive...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Jan. 6, reported a 38 percent increase in firecracker-related injuries this year. SANTI SAN JUAN / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO Citing data from its sentinel sites, the DOH announced that the latest number of firecracker-related injuries has reached...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region recorded 96 fireworks-related injuries in the region as of Jan. 2. Sixty-two of these cases since Dec. 21, 2024 were minors. Sixty-four victims sustained burns or blast injuries, 26 sustained eye injuries, two had blast and eye...
CEBU CITY – The death of a 10-year-old boy due to a firecracker blast showed that the stern warning against the use of prohibited firecrackers had fallen on deaf ears. A WOODEN cross marks the spot in Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City, Cebu where a boy died after playing with a firecracker on New...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 has recorded 154 fireworks-related injuries in Western Visayas region. A STALL selling firecrackers in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The DOH-6 said 39 injuries were recorded in DOH sentinel sites. The remaining 115 was reported in non-sentinel sites...
The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Thursday, Jan. 2, that firecracker-related injuries have risen to 534. Santi San Juan / Manila Bulletin / file photo Data from 60 out of its 62 sentinel sites revealed that the latest number of injuries is “lower” compared to the figures reported on...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Health-Cordillera has recorded 41 fireworks-related and one stray bullet injuries during the holiday season. The province of Abra has the highest number of cases with nine, followed by Baguio City with eight, eight in Kalinga, seven in Benguet, four each...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Island Region logged 53 fireworks-related injuries as of Jan. 1. The Department of Health-NIR said 31 of these cases recorded since Dec. 21 involved minors. Thirty-six sustained burns or blast injuries, 15 sustained eye injuries, one had blast and eye injuries, and...
CEBU CITY – Two deaths marred the New Year celebration in Cebu after a 23-year-old man and a 10-year-old boy died in separate fireworks-related incidents. In Barangay San Roque, Asturias town, Cyril John Amarillo Remis died after a firecracker exploded in his face past midnight on Wednesday, Jan....
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) in the Cordillera region reported 25 cases of fireworks-related injuries as of Jan. 1, with most victims being minors who improvised “boga” to produce loud sounds. “There are 12 injuries caused by ‘boga’ recorded as of 6 a.m. on Jan. 1,”...
