TACLOBAN CITY – One-hundred seventy-seven students and 10 faculty members of the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation in Lucena City, Quezon province fell victim to suspected food poisoning in Palompon, Leyte province on Wednesday. The local government unit on Thursday expressed serious...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-six people fell ill after eating barracuda fish in Balasan, a town in northern Iloilo province. “They are now recovering and have already been discharged from the hospital,” said Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO)....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two individuals died and four were hospitalized after consuming a deadly puffer fish in Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay on Tuesday, July 1. Police identified the fatalities as Repsine Galliner, 16, and Mary Joy Gumata, 30. Hospitalized were Joash Gumata, 13; Jerome Gumata, 44; and...
BACOLOD CITY - Twenty-two pupils from Bubog Elementary School in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, fell ill after consuming expired chocolates and chips on Wednesday morning, March 26. Ian Arnold Arnaez, spokesperson for the Department of Education (DepEd)-Negros Occidental, confirmed that 15 Grade...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Palo Municipal Police Station in Leyte belied reports that a 12-year-old girl was gang-raped by her friends during a birth anniversary party in Palo on Jan. 3. “The Palo Municipal Police Station would like to emphasize that this case is not related to any allegations of...
Three persons died and 35 others were hospitalized after allegedly consuming improperly cleaned sea turtle meat in Barangay Linao, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, authorities said Monday, Dec. 2. THREE members of the Teduray tribe died after eating allegedly tainted...
ILOILO CITY – Two-hundred twenty-five students were hospitalized after eating spoiled spaghetti served during a gathering at the main campus of the Guimaras State University (GSU) in Buenavista town on Nov. 15. THE main campus of the Guimaras State University in Buenavista town, Guimaras...
DAGUPAN CITY – More than 200 Sangguniang Kabataan officials from San Carlos City, Pangasinan who suffered from suspected food poisoning during a seminar in a hotel at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone returned home on Thursday, August 8. The Olongapo and San Carlos city governments and the Subic Bay...
OLONGAPO CITY -- At least 150 Sangguniang Kabataan officials from San Carlos City, Pangasinan were taken to different hospitals in this city due to suspected food poisoning while attending seminar in a hotel at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone on Tuesday, August 6. FOOD poisoning victims are treated in...
Food poisoning happens more frequently during the summer months when the heat is at its peak compared to the rest of the year. Bacteria and viruses proliferate in warmer temperatures faster. That is why even if your food still smells okay and may taste like nothing’s off, it may already have...
DAVAO CITY – At least 80 Indigenous Peoples were taken to hospitals after they suffered severe stomach pain and vomiting after consuming a native delicacy during a tribal wedding in remote Barangay Pandan, South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, April 25. Dr. Rose Leah Jerusalem,...
BUTUAN CITY – The distribution of hot food provided by some sectors to internally displaced residents brought about by the shear line and low-pressure area in Agusan del Sur was temporarily suspended due to alleged food poisoning. AGUSAN del Sur Gov. Santiago B. Cane Jr. (right) visits food...
