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Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte expressed gratitude to QCitizens for heeding her call for a safe celebration of the new year. QC’s three city-run hospitals reported 26 cases of firecracker-related injuries and one stray bullet case. The total number of firecracker-related injuries in NCR was pegged at 125. “Ang kanilang paglilibot at pagbabantay ay nagdulot […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros welcomed the newly released resolution from the Employers Compensation Commission (ECC) on compensating workers for injuries sustained while working from home. Back in April, Hontiveros also lauded the commission for listing COVID-19 as a compensable occupational disease. “Ngayong mas marami na ang naka-work-from-home arrangements, malaking bagay na alam ng ating manggagawa na […]
After noting that there were still injuries related to fireworks up to the New Year’s Eve celebrations, Senator Win Gatchalian has renewed his call to ban the sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnics except for the authorized display of fireworks. “Kung isasabatas natin ang pagbabawal sa mga mapanganib na paputok, magiging mahalagang hakbang ito […]