ILOILO CITY — Thousands of tourists and residents were dazzled by a spectacular fireworks display to welcome the New Year at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. THOUSANDS watch the fireworks display to welcome the New Year at the beach front of world-famous Boracay Island....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for the total ban on the use, sale and distribution of firecrackers and pyrotechnics, insisting there is a safer way to celebrate the New Year instead of making use of such materials. Gatchalian has filed Senate Bill No. 1144 or the proposed Firecrackers...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, Jan. 1, said that there are 137 reported cases of fireworks-related injuries (FWRI) mostly coming from Metro Manila. A teenager fires a 'boga' which is an improvised cannon made of cans and PVC pipe at Brgy. Culiat in Quezon City on Dec. 29, 2022. The...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Friday, Dec. 30, issued reminders and guidelines for the safe usage of fireworks and firecrackers this upcoming New Year's Eve celebration. People watch fireworks display that light up the night sky over Quezon Memorial Circle on New Year's celebration, Jan. 1,...
DOH Eleven additional fireworks-related injuries were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Dec. 30 to 31. The new cases brought the tally of fireworks-related injuries to 52 since the DOH started its surveillance last Dec. 21. The DOH noted that the current total was 30 percent higher...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau released a traffic advisory announcing the closure of the northbound and southbound part of Jones Bridge from 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1, to give way for New Year's Eve fireworks. Manila PIO/MANILA...
After two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of people from Region III and other places in Luzon flocked to Bulacan on Friday, Dec. 30, to buy fireworks for the celebration of the New Year. Despite warnings from the Department of Health to avoid the use of firecrackers, people still buy...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced that the city will not hold a community fireworks display to usher in the New Year on Saturday, Dec. 31. Zamora made the announcement after the Metro Manila Council (MMC) passed the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution No. 22-22,...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has issued an executive order regulating the use of firecrackers in the city during the New Year celebrations. Rubiano issued the EO following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s directive to all local government units to reduce cases of...
(DOH / FACEBOOK) Five more cases of fireworks-related injuries were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH), the agency said on Friday, Dec. 30. This brings the number of firework-related injuries to 41. “Since yesterday, Dec. 29, five new cases of fireworks-related injuries have been recorded...
DOH Four new cases of injuries related to fireworks were recorded, raising the tally to 36, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The total figure was as of Dec. 29 and was 44 percent higher than the cases recorded in the previous year with only 25 cases. Most injuries were recorded in Western...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has sealed uncertified Christmas lights and unlicensed fireworks as it ramped up enforcement operations to ensure compliance and standards of manufactured products commonly used during the holiday season’s festivities. DTI Consumer Protection Group (CPG)...
