Today, the start of a new year, we are unified by hope and willing to work toward the same goal – a better economy and a better life for all. Despite the significant increases in the prices of fuel, food, and services, 92 percent of Filipinos said they will face the new year with hope, according...
More firecrackers were seized while 60 persons were penalized for using open pipe mufflers in Muntinlupa on New Year’s Eve. According to the Muntinlupa City government, as of 5 p.m. on Dec. 31, nearly 4,000 pieces of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices including 52 improvised “boga” were...
Two emergency medical teams and six firefighting volunteers were dispatched by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in a fire that broke out in Navotas City fish port on New Year's Eve. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross PRC said that the volunteers and medical teams were from its Malabon and Caloocan City...
Vice President Sara Duterte is hoping that the people and government's efforts to build the nation will eventually result in the success of the country. In her New Year message, Duterte said the upcoming new year will mark "a new and promising season of growth" for every Filipino. She called on the...
Private hospitals are prepared for the possible increase in the admission of patients with firecracker-related injuries in light of the New Year celebrations according to a health expert. (Unsplash) Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPi) President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano, in a...
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,...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. De La Rosa OP Many of us turn mad on New Year's Eve. We abandon our common sense and put our trust in astrologers, psychic gurus, and Feng Shui experts who pompously lecture on success and failure, life and death, and love and war. Blindly following their advice, we...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano urged residents to watch the fireworks displays in 10 selected areas in the city for the safe celebration of New Year. Rubiano said it is safer for residents to watch the fireworks displays than exploding firecrackers in residential areas in welcoming the 2023....
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office advised motorists to drive carefully this long New Year’s weekend. Police urged motorists to check not only their vehicles but also rest their body and mind before driving to prevent vehicular accidents. The Pangasinan PPO issued...
CEBU CITY – Fifty-four Persons Deprived of Liberty at the Talisay City Jail in Cebu province were released for the New Year on Friday, Dec. 30. AN inmate hugs a relative after he was released from the Talisay City Jail on Friday, Dec. 30. (Calvin D. Cordova) They were reunited with their families...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A woman and her companion died when their motorcycle collided head-on with a passenger bus on New Year’s Eve in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. Col. Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the fatalities as Nepthalie Rhian Blanco, 25, driver of the...
A man and his wife were injured in a collision between a provincial passenger bus and a trailer truck in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija on New Year’s Eve. A MAN and his wife were injured in a collision between a provincial passenger bus and a truck in Nueva Ecija on New Year’s Eve. (DPWH photo) The...
