BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Health-Cordillera recorded 35 fireworks-related injuries in the region as of 6 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 2. Kalinga has 15, followed by Apayao with 10, Abra and Baguio City with four each, and Benguet two. Thirty-three were males and two were females. No case was...
CEBU CITY – Fewer fireworks-related injuries were recorded during the holiday season in Central Visayas. What made hospitals across the region busy was road crash injuries. In its monitoring period from Dec. 21 to 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) logged 347...
A man in Baliuag City was hit by a stray bullet while a village watchman in Marilao was injured by a firecracker during the New Year 's Eve revelry in the province of Bulacan on Thursday, Jan. 1. Lt. Col. Jayson San Pedro, Baliuag City police chief, reported that the victim of the stray...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region (DOH-NIR) recorded 69 fireworks-related injuries in Negros Island, 62 lower than last year 's 131 cases, as of 3 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 1. Forty-seven were blast or burn injuries without amputation, 13 eye injuries, eight eye injury...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region-Center for Health Development said 37 individuals were injured by firecrackers in the region as of Tuesday, Dec. 30. Negros Occidental logged the highest cases at 23, followed by Negros Oriental with 13, and this highly-urbanized city...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two young boys have been injured by firecrackers here. A seven-year-old boy from Barangay Tugbungan was injured in the eye after he was struck by a Kwitis on Christmas Day. An eight-year-old boy from Barangay Santa Catalina sustained injuries in the hand from a Super Lolo, a...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health in Caraga (DOH-13) reported on Monday the first firecracker-related injury in the region since the start of the Yuletide season. In a statement, DOH-13 said the victim is a nine-year-old boy from Surigao City in Surigao del Norte province who sustained an...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso assured residents of the readiness of all hospitals and medical institutions in the city in responding to firecracker-related injuries and other emergencies this coming New Year. According to him, all six district hospitals in Manila are already...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Authorities intensified safety advocacy after four fireworks-related injuries were recorded this Christmas in Cagayan Valley region. The Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) reported two cases on Christmas Day. CVMC chief Dr. Cherry Lou Antonio said a 13-year-old boy...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Jan. 6, reported a 38 percent increase in firecracker-related injuries this year. SANTI SAN JUAN / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO Citing data from its sentinel sites, the DOH announced that the latest number of firecracker-related injuries has reached...
Photo from Pixabay The number of firecracker-related injuries in the country has surged to 832 as of Jan. 5, a significant increase from last year’s figures, based on a report by the Department of Health (DOH). This marks a 37 percent rise compared to the 606 cases recorded on the same date in...
The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the first death caused by a stray bullet on Saturday, Jan. 4, as the number of firecracker-related injuries continues to rise. (DOH) Data from DOH’s sentinel sites showed that the total number of injuries has now reached 771, which is 27.6 percent higher...
