Manila, Jan. 1 -- New Year celebrations nationwide were generally peaceful, with no fatalities and no major crimes reported, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.

However, the PNP recorded 843 firecracker-related incidents that injured 183 people from 5 a.m. on Dec. 31, 2025, to 11 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2026.

Police arrested 26 individuals and seized 96,721 illegal firecrackers, and two cases of indiscriminate firing were reported, leaving one person injured, one suspect arrested, and two firearms confiscated.

A total of 67,254 personnel were deployed nationwide, including 34,579 police officers, 11,694 augmentation forces, and 20,981 advocacy group members.

Most were assigned to areas of convergence (19,248), places of worshi...