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...
The Parañaque City government has designated firecracker zones in the city’s 16 barangays for a safer celebration of New Year’s Eve. Lawyer Voltaire dela Cruz, city administrator, said identifying firecracker zones in the city is in compliance with the resolution of the Metro Manila Council...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Police Regional Office 4-B (Mimaropa or the Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area) will remain visible in all travel routes, transport terminals, and other places of convergence, including tourist sites, in the region....
Don't even think about it. (Louis Mornaud/ Unsplash) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has called to gun owners to be responsible during their New Year revelry, or else end up injuring someone with stray bullets. “Panawagan natin na maging responsable ang mga gun owners natin dahil ang baril ay...
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...
