ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 has recorded 154 fireworks-related injuries in Western Visayas region. A STALL selling firecrackers in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The DOH-6 said 39 injuries were recorded in DOH sentinel sites. The remaining 115 was reported in non-sentinel sites...
The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Thursday, Jan. 2, that firecracker-related injuries have risen to 534. Santi San Juan / Manila Bulletin / file photo Data from 60 out of its 62 sentinel sites revealed that the latest number of injuries is “lower” compared to the figures reported on...
Welcoming the New Year will be a painful memory forever for a 10-year-old boy after a firecracker blew up in his hand in Muntinlupa on Jan. 1. Mayor Ruffy Biazon posted a photo of the boy’s bloodied and nearly severed left hand to remind people of the danger of using firecrackers, which is...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 12-year-old boy drowned in a river spillway here on New Year’s Day. Police identified the victim as Abdulaziz Arabani Yacob. AUTHORITIES conduct a rescue operation for a 12-year-old boy who drowned on the Pasonanca River in Zamboanga City n New Year’s Day. ...
Thirty-six families lost their homes in a fire in Riverside Compound, Barangay Camp 6, Tuba, Benguet, on New Year’s Day. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (in white hard hat and jacket) visits houses destroyed by a fire on New Year’s Day in Barangay Camp 6, Tuba, Benguet. One-hundred fifty-five...
Two lucky bettors struck it big on New Year's Eve by winning the P25.3-million jackpot in the Lotto 6/42 draw of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). (MB Visual Content Group) According to the summary of winners for the 9 p.m., Dec. 31 draw, PCSO announced that two winners correctly...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Jan. 1, announced that over 500 road traffic incidents had been reported since last month. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOH said that it has been monitoring road traffic incidents in eight pilot areas, and based on the latest data gathered, a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police killed two wanted men in a shootout here on New Year’s Eve. Police were patrolling the vicinity of a church when they spotted the suspects. POLICE secure the vicinity of a church in Zambaoanga City on Mew Year's Eve. (FB) The suspects fired at policemen who...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Jan. 1, recorded 141 new cases of firecracker-related injuries, bringing the total to 340. As of 2 a.m. on New Year's Day, January 1, 2025, East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City has recorded around 20 cases of fireworks-related injuries. (Santi San...
(File photo) Nine fire incidents were recorded by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the National Capital Region (NCR) on the very first day of 2025, an official disclosed. BFP spokesperson Fire Senior Supt. Annalee Carbajal-Atienza said one was already confirmed while details on eight other...
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan -- A 44-year-old man was killed by a firework explosion in Barangay Bonuan Gueset here on New Year's Day. Police identified the victim as Allan. Investigation said that Ballesteros was lighting a firework in front of his house at 12:10 a.m....
Three weather systems will bring rainy weather to most parts of the Philippines on Wednesday, Jan. 1. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) In its weather update, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the Intertropical Convergence Zone...
