MANILA — As New Year’s Eve nears, the EcoWaste Coalition and the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) renewed their calls for a “paputok-free” celebration, warning that firecrackers endanger not animals and humans but the environment in general. The…
To ensure public safety, the Cebu City government has issued an order regulating holiday use, display, and sale of firecrackers.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 23-year-old man died after a firecracker called ‘bomb shell’ exploded on his face during the New Year’s revelry on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, in Barangay San Roque, Asturias town. The victim was…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The head of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) led an inspection of the firecracker stalls located at the South Road Properties (SRP) on Friday, December 27. A few days before New Year’s…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Lapu-Lapu City has discovered safety standard violations in the manufacturing area of the firecracker factory in Purok Judas Belt, Barangay Babag 2, Lapu-Lapu City, which was engulfed…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Four people, including the owner, died when a blaze struck a firecracker factory in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City, on Monday, December 11, 2023. Fire investigators from the Lapu-Lapu City Fire Station have confirmed…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Apart from monitoring criminal activities and the violation of health protocols, Cebu City policemen will also be on the lookout for those who will be using firecrackers to celebrate the New Year. Police…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Four days before the New Year, firecracker vendors in Lapu-Lapu City are hoping that customers will flock to their stores and that their sales will increase. Abbeygail Lara, a firecracker vendor in Barangay…
CEBU CITY, Philippines –The firecracker vendors in Cebu City said they want to go back to their original spots at the middle of the South Road Properties (SRP) in the next firecracker season. Vendors said the number…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has given his marching order for newly installed city police chief, Colonel Engelbert Soriano: “Ensure zero casualty this New Year.” Labella met Soriano, who assumed as the officer-in-charge…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, Philippines — These are some scenes after a fire hit a house which stores firecrackers in Sitio Kinalumsan, Barangay Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City. The past 2 p.m. December 28, 2019 fire damaged other rooms for…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The firecracker zone in Cebu City is now more accessible to the public. The zone has been transferred from the middle of the South Road Properties (SRP) to a portion of the SRP…
