BAGUIO CITY – Two firecracker-related injuries were recorded in this city on New Year’s Eve. A total of four persons have been injured here since Dec. 21. Mayor Benjamin Magalong has directed the heads of police stations and barangay chairmen where the incidents occurred to submit an...
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...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Health (DOH)-Bicol has recorded eight cases of firecracker-related injuries (FWRI) as of Sunday, Dec. 28. Camarines Sur has six cases and Albay and Catanduanes has one case each. Most of the injured were males, with ages ranging from seven- to 50-years-old....
DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-Ilocos region recorded 20 fireworks-related injuries (FWRI) from Dec. 21 to 26. The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Data said 40 percent of injuries were caused by unlabeled and imported firecrackers and five percent were due to Five Star....
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...
A total of 28 fireworks-related injuries were tallied by the Department of Health (DOH) nationwide from Dec. 21 to Dec. 25. The agency noted that this represents a 50 percent decline from last year’s figure, which recorded 56 cases during the same period. The DOH said the data were collected...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has mobilized immediate relief operations to assist communities devastated by the powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Cebu and nearby provinces earlier this week. Acting on the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., PCSO General...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Three construction workers were buried alive while excavating a relocation site for the sewerage system of a convention center here on Wednesday afternoon, March 12. Police identified the fatalities as Christian Mark Velasco, 41, of Quezon, Isabela,...
