Dagupan firecracker blast kills 2; tight curbs set

DAGUPAN CITY, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Just three days after the city government and police launched a citywide campaign against firecrackers, an explosion on Christmas Day ripped through a two-story house illegally used as a firecracker repacking area in Barangay Bacayao Norte, killing two passersby and injuring eight others. Police reports showed that a 7-year-old girl