Bato: No mercy for those who indiscriminately fire guns in New Year Frustrated gun owners, who possess unlicensed guns, are most likely to fire their weapons during celebrations or the holidays. Supt. Arnel Banzon, Regional Operations and…
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…
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…
WITH Christmas just around the corner, Governor Hilario Davide III echoed the call for local government units (LGUs) to conduct a community fireworks display to discourage people from lighting firecrackers in residential areas. Davide said that LGUs…
IN preparation for the eves of Christmas and New Year, the Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MCDRRMO) will conduct a city-wide awareness campaign through a ricorida to inform the public on the dangers of…
Firecracker and pyrotechnic vendors in Lapu-Lapu City have started displaying their wares along ML Quezon Highway yesterday. But most of them are barred from selling yet, as they still have to get permits and clearances from the…
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…
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,…
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 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…
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…
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…
