This year, the Filipino people saw how the son and namesake of the late President Ferdinand Marcos won the country’s presidency by a landslide. The shift in the Philippines’ political landscape was undoubtedly a reversal of fortunes that may have come as a shock to some sectors. But the Senate...
CAMP Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police Regional Office 2 chief Brig. Gen. Percival Rumbaoa has warned citizens and police in Cagayan Valley against the indiscriminate firing of guns and use of illegal firecrackers to celebrate the New Year. RUMBAOA (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo)...
A woman shelters from the sun with umbrella during hot weather at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, June 17, 2022. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) ROME, Italy -- This year will go down as the hottest in Italy since records began in 1800, according to data from the Institute for Atmospheric Science at...
Welcome 2023 with performances from Zack Tabudlo, Christian Bautista, Lola Amour, and Yeng Constantino! Eastwood City, home of the longest-running and most-anticipated New Year’s Eve countdown celebration in Manila, returns with a bigger and brighter series of events to usher in the year...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has recorded an increase in firecracker-related fire incidents this year. BFP spokesperson Supt. Annalee Carbajal-Atienza said that based on their monitoring, she said there were 19 cases of incidents related to firecrackers, explosions or fireworks this year...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) and other government agencies in ensuring a death-free and injury-free celebration of the New Year. Azurin said he wants to replicate the...
CLINICAL MATTERS DR. EDSEL SALVANA If global trends continue, it will definitely be a happy new year in 2023 as the end of the pandemic is at hand. Citing the continued decline in cases and deaths, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Ghebreyesus is hopeful that the emergency...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver was injured after a firecracker exploded in his right hand in Bago City, Negros Occidental on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. A TRICYCLE driver was injured after a firecracker exploded in his right hand in Bago City, Negros Occidental on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. (Photo...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Dec. 26 additional 15 fireworks-related injuries bringing the current tally to 20. DOH According to DOH, this is the same number of injuries recorded by the agency during the same period in 2021. Case reports were lifted from 61 sentinel hospitals...
The local government units of Caloocan and Navotas Cities reminded on Monday, Dec. 26, the residents of the prohibition and regulation on the usage of firecrackers and fireworks for a safe celebration of the New Year. “Para po manatiling ligtas ang pagsalubong ng Bagong Taon, bawal po ang...
BUSINESS TALK By PCCI CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. CO As we welcome 2023, I wish our country would achieve economic transformation towards inclusive and sustainable growth. Among the top priorities are Food Security and Infrastructure. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) supports Micro,...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte issued on Saturday, Dec. 24, Executive Order No. 54, S-2022, that prohibits private households from using firecrackers and holding their own fireworks displays. "Private households are hereby prohibited from using firecrackers and staging their...
