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Pyro musical brightens sky

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 02:23 AM

Spectators watch as the Philippine team showcases its fireworks display as part of the Philippine International Pyro Musical Competition at the SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City on Saturday.  Read more »

Pyromusical display in Pasay City

Jhun Dantes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 05:27 PM

Fireworks shower the night sky in Italy's national colors at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City during the 9th Philippines International Pyromusical Competition on Saturday.  Read more »

Misdeclared fireworks, cigarettes from China seized

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 12:16 PM

MANILA - The Bureau of Customs on Monday intercepted nearly P9 million worth of misdeclared fireworks and cigarettes from China. Read more »

Millennium-old fireworks hub grapples with bans in China

Philip Wen and Thomas Suen, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 07:46 AM

From the concrete bunkers carved into the hillside, where workers gingerly handle piles of explosive black powder, to the shopfronts selling colorful boxes of pyrotechnics, time may be catching up with Liuyang's millennium-old fireworks industry. Read more »

Duterte eyes total firecracker ban

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 01:52 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will ask Congress to craft a law that would outlaw firecrackers following a drop in the number of injuries in the recent New Year revelry, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

New Year air pollution level in Metro Manila drops: DENR

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 05:25 PM

MANILA - The level of air pollution in Metro Manila in the early hours of 2018 went down compared to last year, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Read more »

Industriya ng paputok, umaasang makababangon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 06:40 PM

Hindi masayang sinalubong ng mga pagawaan ng paputok ang Bagong Taon bunsod ng paglimita sa paggamit ng paputok. Gayumpaman, di sila nawawalan ng pag-asa.  Read more »

Bagong Taon, maingay at makulay na sinalubong sa buong mundo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 01:03 AM

Unang sinalubong ang Bagong Taon ng mga taga-New Zealand sa pamamagitan ng bonggang fireworks display sa Sky Tower sa Auckland. Read more »

Salubong 2018: Naitalang mga sunog, sugatan sa paputok, kumaunti

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 10:24 PM

Paliwanag ng DOH, malaking bagay ang ipinatupad na Executive Order 28 o ang pagbabawal ng pagpapaputok sa residential areas. Read more »

After fewer firecracker injuries welcoming 2018, Palace wants zero case for 2019

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 05:36 PM

Malacanang welcomed Monday the substantial decrease in the number of firecracker-related injuries in New Year’s Eve revelries compared to previous year's record. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga peligrong dulot ng paputok

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 05:12 PM

Payo ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque, kung maaari ay iwasan na ang mga paputok at humanap ng mga alternatibong paraan para sa masigabong pagsalubong, tulad ng paggamit ng torotot. Read more »

Mga tindahan ng paputok sa Bocaue, ininspeksiyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 08:32 PM

Muling nag-inspeksiyon ang mga pulis sa mga tindahan ng paputok sa Bocaue, Bulacan na tinaguriang “fireworks capital” ng bansa. Read more »

'Good Riddance Day', tradisyon sa New York bago magpalit ang taon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 03:46 AM

Pag-asa ang hatid ng bagong taon kaya tradisyon sa New York ang Good Riddance Day. At gaya nating mga Pinoy, namili na rin ng mga paputok at pailaw ang mga taga-Germany. Read more »

Mga firecracker zone, mahigpit na babantayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 03:23 AM

Ilang araw bago ang salubong sa bagong taon, ikinakasa na ng mga otoridad ang pagbabantay sa mga community fireworks display zone.  Read more »

QC regulates sale of fireworks

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 05:00 PM

Quezon City Police District (QCPD) district director P/CSupt. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar inspects a fireworks store in Cubao, Quezon City on Thursday, to check if vendors are complying with the newly implemented Executive Order 28.  Read more »

Safety Concern

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Dec 28 03:29 PM

Worker Elma Labuela, 51, arranges fireworks at a backyard factory in Marilao, Bulacan, north of Manila, on Wednesday.  Read more »

Paggamit ng mga pailaw hindi bawal, ayon sa pulisya

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 08:40 PM

Nilinaw ng pinuno ng National Capital Regional Police Office na pinahihintulutan pa rin ang paggamit ng mga pailaw sa mga residential area para salubungin ang Bagong Taon. Read more »

Crackdown on illegal fireworks

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 09:21 PM

Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection inspect fireworks stores in Bocaue, Bulacan on Wednesday in anticipation of New Year celebrations.  Read more »

42 naitalang sugatan sa paputok: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 06:39 PM

Pumalo sa 42 nitong Miyerkoles ang bilang ng mga naitala ng Department of Health (DOH) na nasugatan dahil sa paputok. Read more »

SE Asia's largest pyrotechnics maker eyes exports to US, Europe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 11:49 AM

Southeast Asia's largest pyrotechnics maker that is based in the Philippines is looking to export to the US and Europe to make up for a downtrend caused by smuggling and misconception's about the government's firecracker ban, an official said Wednesday. Read more »