Rides, ’cracker stalls to open at SRP

Inna Mejia 12/02/2016

Cebuanos can again enjoy fun rides and buy firecrackers at firecracker stalls at the South Road Properties (SRP) during the Christmas season. Nagiel Bañacia, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, said during an interview…

Confiscated crackers

Apple Ta-as 01/05/2016

The regional police confiscated at least P500,000 worth of illegal firecrackers during the holidays last month. The bulk came from Lapu-Lapu City where local police confiscated more than P100,000 worth of firecrackers including piccolo and whistle bombs,…

PAINFUL START

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 01/03/2016

3 hit by stray bullets in Cebu City; 69 firecracker  victims in C.  Visayas There were no deaths, but the holiday revelry in Cebu after New Year’s Eve still produced three female victims of stray bullets .…

Cebu City tops areas with cases of ’cracker injuries

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 01/03/2016

CEBU City has the highest number of firecracker-related cases this year still topping all areas in Central Visayas again this year. Rennan Cimafranca, head of the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health in…

Lapu-Lapu yields more Illegal Crackers

Norman V. Mendoza 01/03/2016

MORE illegal firecrackers were confiscated in Lapu-Lapu City last Dec. 31. The firecrackers worth P40,000 were seized in barangays Babag and Kalawisan where previous confiscations were made days before the Christmas and New Year revelry, said Chief…

Pyrotechnics, firecrackers selling well in Cebu malls

Vanessa Claire Lucero 12/31/2015

SELECTED firecrackers and pyrotechnics sold in some malls in Cebu have been selling well especially in the days leading to New Year’s eve. Nova Agusto, Dragon Fireworks Inc. (DFI) products seller, said the goods sold out fairly…

P200K worth of seized firecrackers destroyed

Apple Ta-as, Rene F. Alima 12/31/2015

Police yesterday soaked  assorted firecrackers in drums of water  in a ceremony destroying seized goods  worth more than P200,000 at the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 headquarters. The firecrackers were seized from street vendors in simultaneous crackdowns…

No pyro outlets in malls

Nestle L. Semilla with Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/30/2015

Cebu city gov’t revokes permits, orders dealers to move to SRP The Cebu city government yesterday  revoked permits earlier given to businesses  that allowed them to sell firecrackers and pyrotechnics inside malls. Thee vendors were instead directed…

Police raid 8 shanties in Babag ’cracker center

Norman V. Mendoza 12/27/2015

ABOUT P10,000 worth of firecrackers and pyrotechnics were seized by police in different places starting December 24 , mostly in barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City. Around eight shanties were raided. No arrests were made as workers scampered off…

Public warned against overeating

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/20/2015

BEWARE of overeating or you may end up celebrating the  holidays in a hospital, health officials said. Regional Director Jaime Bernadas of the Department of Health (DOH-7) said those with  hypertension and high cholesterol levels should not…

Buy firecrackers and pyrotechnics only at malls, SRP

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/22/2014

Cebu City’s disaster risk reduction office warned against the unauthorized sale of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices in the city. Sales of firecrackers and pyrotechnics are only allowed at the South Road Properties (SRP) and in accredited malls,…

Pyro injuries, mishaps increase by 18 percent

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/17/2014

The Department of Health (DOH-7) warns the public to exercise caution when using firecrackers to celebrate Christmas and New Year as firecracker accidents and injuries rose 18 percent in Central Visayas last year. The health department recorded…

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