CEBU CITY – The number of fireworks-related injuries during Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve in Central Visayas has increased to 70. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) reported that 10 more FWRIs were recorded on Wednesday, January 3. The DOH-7 said that 37 sustained hand...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – This province recorded 21 fireworks-related injuries during the New Year’s Eve celebration. Dr. Rickson Balalio, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Health Office, said that most of the victims sustained hand injuries due to “Kwitis.” Most of the FWRIs were from...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Jan. 3 registered 114 more cases of fireworks-related injuries nationwide, increasing the total to 557 cases. Photo from DOH The DOH reported that a 10-month-old boy from Metro Manila was the "youngest" victim, sustaining eye injuries from “kwitis”...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 reported 185 fireworks-related incidents and three illegal discharge of firearms in Central Luzon from December 16 to January 1. PRO-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. said this is higher by 109 cases or...
BACOLOD CITY – This city and Negros Occidental logged 13 fireworks-related injuries as of January 2, the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) here said. John Michael Gabriel Zaragoza, public information officer of the CLMMRH, said that eight were from Bacolod and...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-7 reported on January 2 that the number of fireworks-related injuries in Central Visayas decreased this holiday season. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) said that the number of firecracker victims dropped by 49 percent. From December 21 to...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Nineteen persons were injured by firecrackers in Cagayan on New Year’s Eve. The Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) said this city had the most firecracker victims with nine from December 21 to January 2. The towns of Baggao, Abulug, and Tuao had two...
TACLOBAN CITY – Fireworks-related injuries in Eastern Visayas tripled this holiday season compared to the same period in 2022. The Department of Health (DOH)-Eastern Visayas said although there has been no mortality, 24 cases were recorded as of Tuesday, January 2, compared to only eight in 2022....
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A 57-year-old man died in a fireworks mishap while celebrating New Year in Pamplona town in Camarines Sur province, police said on Tuesday, January 2. MAP of Camarines Sur with the town of Pamplona highlighted. The victim was identified as Gerardo, 57, a resident...
The Department of Health on Tuesday, Jan. 2 confirmed 212 new cases of fireworks-related injuries, bringing the total to 443. This includes the first stray bullet injury and first death. Photo from DOH It said the newly reported cases, with a median age of 22 and ages ranging from one to 71 years...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) recorded 19 fireworks-related injuries during New Year’s Eve. The DOH-7 said that two sentinel and 23 non-sentinel hospitals in the region have recorded 41 firecracker-related injuries from December 21 to January 1. Most of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office said 17 individuals sustained fireworks-related injuries during the New Year’s Eve revelry here. ILLEGAL fireworks seized in Zamboanga City. Most of the victims were male from 12 to 26-years-old. Of the initial batch of six cases before the New Year, five...
