The Department of Health (DOH) will adopt a shame campaign against local chief executives who are unable to bring down firecracker-related cases in their areas of jurisdiction. Ubial said the agency will be monitoring firecracker-related cases and injuries until Jan. 5, after which they will reveal the results of the monitoring. ADVERTISEMENTShame campaignThe “shame campaign” is aimed at naming local governments with the highest cases of such injuries, usually from holiday festivities. Ubial urged local executives to cooperate and participate in the agency’s antifirecrackers drive. Last year, the DOH recorded 932 cases of injuries nationwide from Dec. 21, 2015 to Jan. 5, 2016.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 05, 2016 18:10 UTC