MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) logged its first case of hearing loss due to firecracker exposure as firework-related incidents (FWRI) continued to rise two days before the New ...

KORONADAL CITY, Philippines - Reckless use by revelers of pyrotechnics to welcome the New Year led to a conflagration that razed seven houses in a peasant enclave here just after midnight Thursday.

A wayward kwitis (baby rocket) is being eyed as the cause of a fire that razed the stockroom of a motorcycle parts shop in Cagayan de Oro City in the first hours of the New Year. The fire started of ...

MANILA, Philippines—The infamous piccolo, a type of firecracker banned by the government, remains to be among the leading causes of firecracker-related injuries as the New Year revelry draws nearer, ...

A 25-year-old man from Daraga, Albay suffered a blast and burn injury to his left hand from a kwitis on December 24, 2025, at around 10:00 PM. He was brought to Bicol Regional Hospital and Medical ...

CABANATUAN CITY — Three people, including two minors, were hurt in firecracker-related incidents during the New Year celebration in separate places in Nueva Ecija, police said. The two young victims, ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. A kwitis, or rocket, is being blamed for a fire that razed a hardware store in Bangued town in Abra province before ...

MANILA, Philippines – A New Year fire blamed on “kwitis” razed at least 5 houses, including 2 ancestral homes in Sta. Ana, Manila. Witnesses claimed that firecrackers landed on one of the houses and ...

DepEd orders modest, cost-free graduation ceremonies nationwide amid rising fuel costs ...

THE Department of Health (DoH) on Monday said firework-related injuries this holiday season have breached the 800-mark. DoH has recorded 843 cases from Dec. 22 to Jan. 6, which were 38% higher than ...