The number of fireworks-related injuries in the New Year’s celebration in Western Visayas has increased compared to the previous year. | Joey Marzan/PDI
“We have more than 700 retailers, which is higher than [National Capital Region] or Bulacan. We also have two large provinces, Iloilo and Negros Occidental, which have the most number of cases. Region 6 is classified as a big region compared to other regions in the Philippines,” Sta. Lucia said in an online presser on Sunday, January 1.
Negros Occidental logged the most number of FWRI cases with 48, followed closely by Iloilo province , Bacolod City , Aklan and Capiz , Antique , and Guimaras and Iloilo City .
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