The Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue City Police offices released the lists of firecracker zones and fireworks display zones in their respective barangays. LAPU-LAPU CITY Barangay Agus identified seven Community Fireworks Display Areas namely: – Sitio Proper, in front…
Police warning: You can get arrested for exploding firecracker outside of the designated zone The public is warned against exploding firecrackers outside of the designated areas or they will face arrest, even as the police, the Department…
Use firecrackers in designated areas to avoid getting arrested, says Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) Supt. Reyman Tolentin, PRO-7 information officer said they aim zero to minimal injuries due to firecrackers on the New Year’s…
MANDAUE City aims for zero firecracker-related injuries this year and will strictly enforce the city’s ban on firecrackers, officials said. Mayor Luigi Quisumbing said that aside from legally-approved pyrotechnic dealers located in the city’s malls, no other…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
