A man injured by firecrackers is being taken care of at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Manila early on January 1, 2018, after new year's celebrations. -AFP
MANILA: Nearly 200 people were injured during traditionally raucous New Year celebrations in the Philippines despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s order limiting the use of firecrackers, the health minister said Monday.
The order signed in June restricted the noisy explosives to community fireworks displays in an attempt to curb the bloody merrymaking that leaves scores of Filipinos dead or injured each year.
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