DOH-7 hopes for lower cases of firecracker-related injuries

Futch Anthony Inso 12/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines- The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has recorded 14 firecracker-related injuries from December 21 to December 27, 2023. According to the data issued by DOH-7, eight cases were reported in Bohol Province,…

Mandaue City Hospital gears up to handle possible firecracker injuries as Christmas Day nears

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/23/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Despite the ban on the selling and use of firecrackers being imposed in Mandaue City, the Mandaue City Hospital is still preparing to handle possible firecracker injuries. Dr. Diadem Jane Maglangit, medical…

Region 7 braces for possible increase of firecracker-related injuries

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—As things gradually return to normal, local health officials in Central Visayas (Region 7) brace for possible increase of firecracker-related injuries. The regional Department of Health (DOH-7) is preparing for the upcoming Holiday season, particularly…

MCPO reports 2 firecracker-related injuries during the New Year

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/02/2021

OLANGO ISLAND, Philippines – The Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) has confiscated firecrackers worth P13,400 during the New Year. The confiscated items included a Judas Belt and 40 pieces of Goodbye Philippines. Last year the MCPO also…

Firecracker-related injuries: 7 in Central Visayas, 2 in Cebu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The firecracker-related injuries recorded in Central Visayas and in Cebu City during New Year’s celebration is slightly higher compared to that of the Christmas celebrations a week earlier. Based on the records of…

DOH-7 notes ‘slight increase’ in firecracker injuries amid pandemic

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that resulted in the implementation of wide-scale quarantine restrictions, the regional health office in Central Visayas recorded a slight increase in the number of firecracker-related injuries.…

4 injured as Negros Oriental welcomes new year

Florence Baesa 01/02/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — The new year ushered in peacefully in Negros Oriental province as authorities recorded four firecracker-related injuries and zero deaths from stray bullets. Last year, January 1, 2019, there were two firecracker-related injuries…

Police record 8 firecracker injuries in Cebu City as new year ushers in

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five of the eight recorded cases of blast-related burn injuries in Cebu City involved minors who used prohibited firecrackers such as “piccolo” and watusi. Police Colonel Engelbert Soriano, officer-in-charge of the Cebu City…

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