CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – Police destroyed confiscated illegal firecrackers and improvised cannons in this camp on Wednesday, Jan. 14. Quezon police chief Police Col. Romulo Albacea led the ceremony, witnessed by the Bureau of Fire Protection, Quezon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management...
BURAUEN, Leyte – The Police Regional Office-8 on Wednesday destroyed confiscated firecrackers in Eastern Visayas valued at P317,314 during a ceremony in this municipality. Police Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy, PRO-8 director, said these items were seized in 428 operations during their Ligtas Paskuhan...
DAVAO CITY – The Public Safety and Security Office is closely monitoring the cases filed against five individuals apprehended for violating the city’s firecracker ban on New Year’s Eve. PSSO head Angel Sumagaysay told the media on Monday that he directed concerned police station commanders to...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A 37-year-old man lost four fingers in his right hand in a firecracker explosion in Barangay 34-A, Gabu Norte, this city, during the New Year’s Eve revelry. Barangay Chairwoman Glenda Raquinio said the victim lighted the black bomb firecracker and threw it but failed...
Around 20 individuals, including a three-year-old child, were injured in Rizal due to misfired and exploding firecrackers, mostly kwitis and fountain types, during New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. As of Friday morning, Jan. 2, the Rizal PPO...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) confiscated 23,415 prohibited firecrackers valued at P437,000 in Negros Island from Dec. 27, 2025 to Jan. 1, 2026. These were presented in Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Barangay Estefania here on New Year’s Day and will...
Around 108 boxes and pieces of prohibited firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices were confiscated by the local government of Malabon and the Malabon City Police Station (Malabon CPS) during intensified operations in various parts of the city as part of ensuring a safe and orderly New Year...
To ensure a safe New Year celebration, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Tuesday, Dec. 30, urged the public to avoid illegal firecrackers and warned that violators may be arrested. Domagoso stressed that the Manila Police District (MPD) will intensify patrols and confiscate...
The local government of Pasig on Tuesday, Dec. 30, announced it will impose a P5,000 fine on anyone caught using firecrackers and pyrotechnics outside designated zones. Mayor Vico Sotto earlier said the city did not issue any special permits to sell firecrackers, leaving no one authorized to sell...
The Police Regional Office-13 on Tuesday inspected firecracker display zones and authorized sellers in Butuan City and Agusan del Norte province. PRO-13 chief Police Brig. Gen. Marcial Mariano P Magistrado IV checked business permits, seller authorization, and compliance with safety regulations....
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a man accused of intentionally setting a firecracker stall on fire in Barili town, Cebu province on Sunday, Dec. 28. Jonathan Mahinay Matosada, 43, was arrested in his home in Barangay Poblacion, Barili on Monday afternoon, Dec. 29. Police said another man involved in...
With the New Year’s revelry just two days away, the Philippine National Police (PNP) directed police forces nationwide on Tuesday, Dec. 30, to conduct a final sweep of prohibited pyrotechnic materials to prevent cracker-related accidents and injuries. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr.,...
