ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Health-9 recorded a total of 60 fireworks-related injuries in Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) as it winded up its fireworks-related injuries surveillance on Friday, January 6.No deaths due to firecrackers were reported.Zamboanga City recorded the highest number of...
Despite the repeated warnings and aggressive actions for a safe New Year revelry, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded four fatalities and at least 520 people injured due to firecracker-related incidents and indiscriminate firing across the country.PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health logged a total of eight firecracker-related injuries in Eastern Visayas at the end of their monitoring for the holiday season on Friday, Jan. 6.
No fatality was recorded but the number of cases was 60 percent higher compared to 2021 with only...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police logged nine firecracker-related injuries during the New Year’s revelry in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula.
ILLEGAL firecrackers seized in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga City LGU photo)
The Police Regional Office-9 said one was reported in Zamboanga...
The latest tally of firecracker-related injuries has climbed to 211 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 74 additional cases on Sunday, Jan. 1.
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In an advisory released on Monday, Jan. 2, DOH stressed that the injuries were reported from 61 DOH...
CEBU CITY – At least 37 firecracker-related incidents were recorded in Central Visayas from Dec. 2 to New Year’s Day.
Data from the Department of Health-Central Visayas showed that two persons were wounded by stray bullets in Cebu province and Lapu-Lapu City.
Most of the...
PANGASINAN -- Six individuals were injured due to firecrackers explosions in different towns here, a police report said.
One of the victims, Anthony Mamaradlo, 24, a cook, and a resident of Brgy. Magtaking, San Carlos was driving his motorcycle when he saw a firecracker (whistle bomb) on his...
TACLOBAN CITY -- At least four firecracker-related injuries have been logged in Eastern Visayas since Dec. 21.
The first case was reported on Dec. 29 when a 42-year-old woman from Tanauan, Leyte sustained injuries due to a rocket (kwitis).
In Zumarraga, Samar, a 10-year-old boy was injured on...
The Department of Health-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has recorded at least 10 firecracker-related injuries as of Thursday, Dec. 29.
“Boga” (improvised cannon) and “kwitis” are still the leading causes of FCRI in the region. Majority of victims are male.
The DOH said nine victims have been...
