Cops warns revelers: We will arrest you!
NO BANNED FIRECRACKERS, PLEASE!
HOLIDAY and New Year revelers in Dagupan City face arrest and detention if they light banned firecrackers whether at home or in public areas.
This warning was issued by acting police chief P/Supt. Neil Miro as he reminded residents of Barangay Pogo Grande to desist from continuing their High Noon revelry on January1, lighting thousands of banned firecrackers that has since become a much awaited tradition until last year.
Barangay Chairman George Galvan assured Miro that the barangay council already agreed to stop the tradition this year on the prodding of Mayor Belen Fernandez as well.
He said he will abide by the request of the Task Force ‘Iwas Paputok’ formed by Mayor Belen Fernandez.
Miro reminded officials of Pogo Grande that lighting banned firecrackers is a violation of the law and will not hesitate to arrest the violators whoever they may be.
Fernandez had vowed to stop the noon-day New Year tradition in Pogo Grande and in other barangays that had started their own in the last two years as her commitment to support the Department of Health’s Oplan: Iwas Paputok.
The mayor has proposed instead the staging of colorful fireworks display in all the barangays.
Meanwhile, the city government will continue to allow vendors who secured permits to sell firecrackers from Camp Crame provided that they only sell authorized varieties of firecrackers and observe safety regulations put in place by the police and the Bureau of Fire Protection.
The New Year high noon tradition in Pogo Grande started two decades ago during the administration of then Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr.
It all started when one resident decided to buy all unsold firecrackers from the city’s manufacturers to help the industry and organized some residents to string them up in electric posts and bamboos to be lighted up simultaneously as a spectacle in the community.
In no time, the noon-day New Year tradition became an instant hit as a big crowd-drawer in the city and as a tourist event. (Leonardo Micua)
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