Hundreds suffocate in Bicol University’s Hataw 2025 colored smoke disaster

Hundreds suffocate in Bicol University’s Hataw 2025 colored smoke disaster

ALBAY, Philippines – Hundreds of Bicol University (BU) freshmen and sophomore students who joined Hataw 2025 were rushed for medical treatment after suffering from breathing problems and suffocation on Monday evening, October 20.  The annual mass demonstration tradition, which was meant to kickstart the university’s largest sports festival, was overwhelmed by excessive colored smoke used by organizers in an attempt to make the event “grander and…