New Year celebrations leave 5 dead, nearly 600 hurt
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) - At least five people were killed and nearly 600 were injured in traditional riotous New Year's Eve revelry involving fireworks and guns across the Philippines, officials said Friday.
A 5-year-old boy and his mother were killed after being trapped inside the family-owned pyrotechnics store that went up in flames hours before midnight Thursday in Gingoog City, police said.
The inferno started when the boy's father, Adonis Guibone, and uncle, Ramon Guibone, tested a firecracker inside the store, setting off a chain reaction, police said.
The boy, Juros Guibone, was sleeping inside the store and his mother rushed into the flames in a failed bid to save him, while a store helper, Mark Rito Eballe, also perished, police said.
Gingoog City police and fire personnel estimated the damage to the store around P400,000.
In Zamboanga City, 2 more revelers were killed and 5 others injured when a footbridge connecting Barangay Taluksangay to Sitio Tawitawi collapsed as they converged to watch a pyrotechnics show minutes before midnight, police said.
The fatalities were Nurwina Jul-arsi, 14 and Unggah Akinnang, 17. Those injured were Anas Asnalun, 26; Arnold Asnalun, 23; Ibnar Bakay Amannang, 27; Elias Rohmon; and Amir Halilillah Ayub. All victims are residents of Barangay Taluksangay.
571 hurt, 36 needs amputation
Health Secretary Francisco Duque, meanwhile, said 571 people were injured by firecrackers and 26 by stray bullets.
Duque said in a press conference that 36 or 6 percent of the total number of cases had blast burn injuries that needed amputation of mangled fingers or limbs,
He said this year's New Year's Eve injuries were less than 2009, when 683 people were wounded by firecrackers and 17 by stray bullets.
The health secretary said the lower firecracker-related injuries may be attributed to the government's "scare tactics."
These included television advertisements that showed gruesome images of severely mangled limbs and a tray of surgical instruments used in the amputation of a limb.
Making noise by exploding firecrackers and firing guns into the air are common ways of greeting the New Year.
The Philippines is mainly Roman Catholic, but the celebrations draw on ancient superstitions and Chinese traditions in which the noise is meant to drive away evil spirits and bring good luck in the coming year.
Adding to the danger of the fireworks, there are over 1.2 million unlicensed firearms in the Philippines and some of those are used in the festivities. With reports from Noel Alamar, dzMM
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Ipagbawal na kasi ang paputok
Bakit kasi hindi pa rin nagtatanda ang tao?Alam na nga na hindi ligtas ang magpaputok, hala sige pa rin.Ayan naghihirap ng tuloyan dahil nasunugan na at na aksidente pa dahil sa paputok.
Sana me New Year Game Sa Facebook
Kung meron lang sanang Facebook application about New Year Celebration siguro nag-Facebook na lang mga yan. hehehe. Sana next year me computer games na pede mag-fireworks display lahat ng nasa social networking sites.
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mga hunghang
naghihirap na nga bayan sabay susunugin lang pera sa pesteng paputok na nag dudulot ng pollution....but i think we are learning by less and less noise makers and more "pailaw" and watching nalang sa Malls ng firwork shows.......taking risks for a wrong belief is just madness
NO WORTH
Celebrating New Year with "Paputok" is no worth at all. Sa ilang minuto lang pinasabog muna pero mo, posibleng maaaksidente ka pa! Sa ibang bansa, like Japan, ang tahimik ng New Year without all the paputok stuff, bakit yumayaman at umuunlad ang bansa nila. That means, wala sa mga ganitong maling nakaugalian na ang pag-asenso at pag-usad natin.
maligayang Bagong Taon
Dami talaga tanga sa Pinas, sabi ng tindera kailanagan natin isang bagay kahit hindi tapos sila mag susupply. Sabi ng taga gawa ng paputok mabuti to sa new year tapos bili naman tayo... Parang media, sasabihin nila na masama isang tao tapos sistema ituturo nila para lang iadvertise ang iba. Tumaas na integridad ng tunay nilang amo (kapitalista at ibang pulitiko) tapos bayad pa sila. Ang saya! Tapos pag may namatay sila pa bayani..... komersyalismo at kapitalista tulad ni lopez ng ABS..... mabuhay ka ng marami pa kayong maloko..... bayaran nyo maigi sila failon, babao, taberna ng ng lalo pang tumalas ang mga dila nilang nakakapag pataas ng tinggin sa kanila at kaalaman kahit puro kabaluktutan. Mabuhay ang manggagawang tuta din ng kanilang mga amo. Mabuhay ang mga tangang Piipino! Sigurado tatagal pa kayo sa mundong ibabaw, ikalat nyo pa sa mundo ang lahi natin. Patuloy tayong maniwala na pag binoto natin sila e yayaman an tau bukas o kahit sa isang taon. Letseng pinoy to, d na nagbago..... kahit panahon ni rizal ganito na.... tapos gusto bukas nasa paraiso agad.
" bat d p din nagbabago pamumuhay mo..... baka sa mga tao o panananaw a pinaniniwalaan mo......."!
undisciplined lot is one reason
Traditions and cultures have nothing to do with fatalities and injuries with regards to the celebrations of the coming of the New Year but lack of discipline. It is being done the same everywhere, in some it is even with lots and lots of drinking, yet people do not go out and drive while drunk..well, just got home drunk and took the subway, it was free for the Night.