18 firecracker stalls in SRP temporarily closed

Ador Vincent Mayol 12/20/2017

  The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) temporarily closed at least 18 pyrotechnic stores at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City on Wednesday for failure to comply with safety regulations. Chief Supt. Jose…

Police to monitor firecracker vendors at Hoops Dome area

Norman V. Mendoza 12/18/2017

POLICE at the Hoops Dome area in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City were assigned to monitor the firecracker vendors who already started selling their wares along the road since last Friday. “Kung duna’y makit-an nga illegal firecrackers or…

Firecracker vendors reminded to sell only at designated area

Intern 12/13/2017

With only a few weeks before Christmas and New Year, the Cebu City Police reminded firecracker vendors in Cebu City to sell their products only at the designated area. Police Supt. Artemeo Ricabo said the only authorized…

Tumulak on firecracker ban: It’s all all up to Mayor Tom

Inna Gian Mejia 12/06/2017

CEBU City deputy mayor on police matters Councilor Dave Tumulak is hoping to implement a total firecracker ban in the city; but it will all be up to the mayor, he said. Tumulak said that if the…

Cebu City to designate firecracker zones

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 12/03/2017

The Cebu City government will designate firecracker zones, according to Councilor Dave Tumulak, the city’s deputy mayor on police matters. “Under the executive order signed by the President regulating the use of firecrackers, we need to look…

Hundreds join foot, fluvial processions despite rain

Doris C. Bongcac 01/14/2017

Devotees braved the early morning rains to join the foot procession from the National Shrine of St. Joseph in Mandaue City and the annual fluvial procession along the Mactan Channel, which brought back the images of the…

Police: Less firecracker, stray bullet injuries

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 01/02/2017

FIRECRACKER-related injuries incurred in the aftermath of the New Year revelry in Central Visayas dropped by half last Dec. 31, the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) said yesterday. From 67 cases in 2015, only 33…

Stray bullets injure 2 in Cebu; firecracker blasts hurt 42 in Central Visayas

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/01/2017

At least 42 people were reportedly injured due to firecracker blast while two others were victims of stray bullets in Central Visayas at the height of the revelry to welcome the New Year, a Department of Health…

Police: No stray bullet victim in Cebu City

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/01/2017

Not a single individual was hit by a stray bullet as people welcomed 2017 in Cebu City. As of 3 a.m. on Sunday, Senior Superintendent Joel Doria, director of the Cebu City Police Office, said they have…

Mandaue officials call: No ’crackers, use horns

Norman V. Mendoza 12/28/2016

Acting Mandaue City Mayor Carlo Fortuna, together with the members of the local police and the Bureau of Fire Protection, encouraged the public to use horns as he also warned them of the city’s ordinance on the…

Firecrackers destroy CPDRC drainage

Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2016

POLICE are warning people who carelessly throw firecrackers of being arrested after the concrete drainage of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) was damaged allegedly by an explosion caused by firecrackers on Monday afternoon. Residents…

Taliño tells SRP vendors to display firecrackers, pyrotechnics separately

Nestle L. Semilla 12/23/2016

FIRECRACKER and pyrotechnic vendors at the South Road Properties (SRP) should comply with the new requirement set by the police or else their merchandise will be confiscated. This was the advice of Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, Police…

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