Piercing Pens

Bloggers who run ads on their sites–and earn anything from it–may now help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit parts of Asia last month by pledging to the local Tsunami Earthquake appeal the January proceeds of any advertising on his/her website. (more…)

“Stay alive and whole for the coming year,” is the Department of Health’s message to the Filipino people during New Year celebrations. In its Oplan Iwas Paputok Website, it reported that “about 760 Filipinos nationwide reportedly suffered from blast injuries after the Christmas festivities in 1995.”

Meanwhile, from 8:01 a.m. of December 21, 2004 to 7 a.m. today, there were already 585 injuries recorded in 50 hospitals nationwide, said Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit in an INQ7 report. Eight deaths due to firecrackers were also reported, with seven of them due to an explosion that razed firecracker stores in Bulacan early morning yesterday. (more…)