Over 300 cases of firecracker-related injuries and road traffic incidents have been monitored by the Department of Health (DOH) during this holiday season. (DOH) As of Friday, Dec. 27, DOH monitoring showed there are 101 cases of firecracker-related injuries and 284 road traffic incident cases....
Less than a week before the New Year celebration, the Department of Health (DOH) reported 26 new cases of firecracker-related injuries, bringing the total to 69. In downtown Davao City, sidewalk vendors showcase a variety of blow horns. With a 23-year ban on firecrackers in place, locals now rely...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, December 20 reiterated his call for a ban on the sale, distribution and use of firecrackers amid an increasing trend of selling of these products and other pyrotechnic devices online. Gatchalian made the call following reports of “killer”...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Health-9 recorded a total of 60 fireworks-related injuries in Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) as it winded up its fireworks-related injuries surveillance on Friday, January 6. No deaths due to firecrackers were reported. Zamboanga City recorded the highest number...
A nine-year-old Muntinlupa resident lost his fingertip bone after a firecracker exploded on Jan. 1. According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), the boy is a resident of Sitio San Antonio in Barangay Poblacion. Firecrackers confiscated by the Muntinlupa Police (Photo from...
Despite the repeated warnings and aggressive actions for a safe New Year revelry, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded four fatalities and at least 520 people injured due to firecracker-related incidents and indiscriminate firing across the country. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo...
Senator Imee Marcos believes that the current administration should strengthen the implementation of former president Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order (EO) No. 28, which sought to regulate and control the use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices. Marcos made the remark on...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 24 renewed his call for a ban on the sale, distribution, and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices ahead of New Year festivities. Gatchalian said that while there has been a significant decrease in the number of fireworks-related...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go has underscored the importance of shunning the use of firecrackers in the upcoming New Year revelry. In a Senate hearing on Monday, Dec. 18, Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, focused on the perennial issue of firecracker safety...
Police inspect the explosion site in Bocaue, Bulacan. (Photo courtesy of Bulacan police) A female firecracker factory worker died after the "kwitis" or firework she was making exploded on Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Barangay Bunlo, Bocaue, Bulacan. Police identified the victim as Rizza Austria...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health logged a total of eight firecracker-related injuries in Eastern Visayas at the end of their monitoring for the holiday season on Friday, Jan. 6. No fatality was recorded but the number of cases was 60 percent higher compared to 2021 with only five....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police logged nine firecracker-related injuries during the New Year’s revelry in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula. ILLEGAL firecrackers seized in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) The Police Regional Office-9 said one was reported in Zamboanga del Norte, three in...
