CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police Brigadier General Valeriano De Leon, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director, is encouraging the local government units (LGU) to implement measures to prevent firecracker injuries and road accidents in their localities during the holidays. De Leon said road accidents will cause additional traffic jams and waste the time and resources of both the public and the enforcers. “I told them to form a special task group that would focus on minimizing the injuries brought by road accidents or playing firecrackers. Our goal is to have zero casualties, zero injuries,” he said. He also called on the LGUs to designate clear public spaces for firecrackers in order to avoid firecracker-related injuries.

Source: The Local December 12, 2019 23:14 UTC