As Filipinos gear up to welcome what will hopefully be a better year, the Philippine government reiterated its rules banning firecrackers and regulating fireworks displays.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), on Thursday, December 24, said the rule prohibiting private households from staging their own fireworks displays still stands.

This rule, formalized by President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No 28, means that only “community fireworks displays” are allowed – meaning, fireworks displays permitted by local governments and staged in venues like malls and community centers.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it will no longer issue new special permits for community fireworks displays “to discourage mass gatherings among the spectators as a measure against the transmission of COVID-19 this holiday season.”

Establishments which were able to get permits before December 16, the day the police issued their advisory, and are in local governments which allow such displays, will still be able to push through with their fireworks displays.

1.   Watusi 2.   Piccolo 3.   Poppop 4.   Five Star 5.   Pla-Pla 6.   Lolo Thunder 7.   Giant Bawang 8.   Giant Whistle Bomb 9.   Atomic Bomb 10. Atomic Triangle 11. Large-size Judas Belt 12. Goodbye Delima 13. Hello Columbia 14. Goodbye Napoles 15. Super Yolanda 16. Mother Rockets 17. Kwiton 18. Super Lolo 19. Goodbye Bading 20. Goodbye Philippines 21. Bin Laden 22. Coke-in-can 23. Pillbox 24. Boga 25. Kabasi 26. Other similar firecrackers

The sale and use of consumer pyrotechnics, also known as pailaw, are allowed.

The following were cited as examples of allowed consumer pyrotechnics: 1.   Butterfly 2.   Fountain 3.   Jumbo Regular and Special 4.   Luces 5.   Mabuhay 6.   Roman Candle 7.   Sparklers 8.   Trompillo 9.   Whistle Device

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