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                    [ArticleID] => 652079
                    [Title] => DOH organizes first fireworks summit
                    [Summary] => 

Barely a month after New Year, the Department of Health (DOH) organized yesterday the first fireworks summit to draw up a plan of action on how to “ensure safe and harmless” celebration of the Yuletide season.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 642706 [Title] => Oplan: Kontra Paputok [Summary] =>

Health Secretary Enrique Ona has issued Department Order 271, series of 2010, in line with the collaborative effort to reduce the incidence of firecracker-related injuries, during the New Year revelry, in consonance with DOH’s current strategy.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133900 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489320 [AuthorName] => Maria Eleanor E. Valeros [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535626 [Title] => Firecracker injury cases rise to 54 [Summary] =>

The number of revelers injured from firecracker blasts more than doubled on Christmas Day, prompting the Department of Health (DOH) to renew its appeal to the public to use safe noisemaking devices this Yuletide season.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535000 [Title] => Firecrackers, stray bullet injure 3 children [Summary] =>

The Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday that two children who suffered eye injuries from fireworks and another from a stray bullet were among the first casualties of the Yuletide revelry.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523839 [Title] => DOH bats for total firecracker ban [Summary] =>

The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday pushed for the declaration of a total firecracker ban in all residential areas nationwide to further reduce firecracker-related injuries in the coming holiday season.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 28058 [Title] => DOH warns against use of firecrackers during Christmas [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377188 [Title] => DOH-7 reminds public of firecracker dangers [Summary] => The people must be aware of the dangers of firecrackers and fireworks to avoid the rise of injuries common during New Year's Day celebration.

This was the reminder that the Department of Health-7 recently issued as it re-implemented its last year's Oplan: Iwas Paputok, or the Fourmula Kontra Paputok.

The DOH-7 said there are four formulas that the public should remember to free them from harm and injuries during the celebration.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377020 [Title] => Drop in firecracker-related injuries this Christmas noticed [Summary] => Cases of firecracker-related injuries have dramatically decreased this Christmas compared to the figures from the previous year, according to the Department of Health.

Data from the DOH-Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the DOH stated that there were only 36 patients admitted for accidental firecracker explosion throughout the region. The victims were mostly from Cebu City.

The figure presented a dramatic decline of firecracker related injuries in Central Visayas compared to the 179 patients recorded in 2005.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 376000 [Title] => Station chiefs ordered to identify pyro zones [Summary] => Cebu City Police Office acting director Melvin Gayotin ordered police station chiefs to identify places in their areas safe enough to be considered "firecracker zones" for the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve revelries.

This order is in accordance with the Letter of Instructions from the PNP National Headquarters instructing all police units in the country to have a safe celebration of the holidays by implementing what was once referred to as "Iwas Paputok" program, and is now officially called "FOUR-mula Kontra Paputok" program.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 375014 [Title] => 'FOUR-mula' strengthens campaign vs. firecrackers [Summary] => The regional office of the Department of Health has intensified its campaign in minimizing victims of firecrackers in Central Visayas through its "FOUR-mula Kontra Paputok" as part of the preparations for the New Year celebration.

From its previous campaign name "Oplan Iwas Paputok", under the leadership of Health Secretary Francisco Duque, it is changed to "FOUR-mula Kontra Paputok", but that the concept is still the same with that of the previous project.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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